To ensure children in Indiana are empowered with essential skills to be successful in kindergarten and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 407 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.4M a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $38.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $9.0M
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.0M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$38.2M
+102% vs prior year
Spent
$63.0M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$47.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$38.2M
FY2024▲ +102%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$45.5M
FY2021$103.3M
FY2022$91.8M
FY2023$18.9M
FY2024$38.2M
Expenses
$63.0M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$30.6M
FY2021$62.5M
FY2022$73.1M
FY2023$61.5M
FY2024$63.0M
Net assets
$47.5M
FY2024▼ -33%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$54.2M
FY2021$95.7M
FY2022$111.5M
FY2023$70.6M
FY2024$47.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1946.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $58.2M Management & general 7% · $4.4M Fundraising 1% · $424K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$341,790Pt VII · Sec A
$231,151Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Staff
$194,048Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Learning Officer
$180,251Pt VII · Sec A
VP Early Learning Practice
$119,904Pt VII · Sec A
VP Talent Experience
$109,408Pt VII · Sec A
VP Development
$108,335Pt VII · Sec A
Manager Business Intelligence
$103,153Pt VII · Sec A

Maureen Weber’s $342K as President & CEO is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maureen Weber$341,790$298,119$280,553$233,848$222,529
David Stewart$231,151$194,537$202,998$170,970$159,830
Jonathan Dilley$194,048$177,492$177,810——
Christine Garza 1122-111222——$182,721——
Erin Kissling$180,251$165,729$146,361$124,756$108,378
Heather Pease—$165,050$163,183$150,624$124,510
Jonatham Dilley———$155,878—
Christine Garza———$127,319$114,768

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides high-quality early childhood education, infant care, and comprehensive family support services to prepare Indiana children for success in kindergarten and beyond.

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3 programs · $57.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In 2024, early learning indiana continued to oversee the early years initiative, a $55 million competitive grant opportunity for organizations with a goal of helping infants and toddlers develop foundational knowledge and skills that support their future learning and development.

$28.0Mprogram expense
02

Early learning indiana believes if we do not capitalize on the opportunity of learning in the early years that children cannot reach their full potential and indiana will not be truly prosperous. To accomplish this mission, eli seeks to inform early education practice, public policy, and funding through research insights.

$24.6Mprogram expense
03

Early head start (ehs) child care partnership through an ehs-child care partnership grant, eli creates safe and developmentally enriching care for infants and toddlers, with embedded access to family support and health services, in 163 seats across seven marion county locations, including two partnership sites.

$4.7Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2,637 grants · $147.2M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,270,868
Lena FoundationCO · FY2024$822,500
Whitley County Consolidated SchoolsFY2024$500,000
Tippecanoe Valley School CorporationFY2024$500,000
Scan INCIN · FY2024$500,000
Realife ChurchIN · FY2024$500,000
New BeginningsIN · FY2024$500,000
Fort Wayne Community SchoolsFY2024$500,000
First Assembly of GodIN · FY2024$500,000
Children's Bureau INCIN · FY2024$500,000
Exousia Ministries INCFY2024$500,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$38.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.5M
Money outPt IX
$63.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$58.2M
Managementcol C$4.4M
Fundraisingcol D$424K
Owns and owesPt X
$47.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$55.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$20.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7$206K
Total revenueLn 12$38.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.1M
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$38.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.7M
Other assetsLn 15$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$55.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.0M
Net assetsLn 32$47.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5407
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.2M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$61.8M$38.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.7M$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$82.2M$55.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.6M$8.0M
Net assetsLn 32$70.6M$47.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$29.0M$29.0M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.3M$1.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.1M$439K$532K$124K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$13.4M$11.7M$1.6M$177K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$459K$401K$54K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.1M$1.8M$283K$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$958K$163K$23K
Legal feesLn 11b$50K$50K
Accounting feesLn 11c$158K$158K
Investment management feesLn 11f$106K$106K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.8M$3.5M$346K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$676K$482K$183K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$193K$149K$41K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$1.3M$1.1M$184K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$672K$564K$102K$6K
TravelLn 17$66K$51K$14K$927
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$387K$299K$82K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$598K$228K$368K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$139K$107K$30K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.8M$5.7M$100K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$475K$442K$31K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$63.0M$58.2M$4.4M$424K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $38.2M$63.0M−$24.9M$47.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $18.9M$61.5M−$42.6M$70.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $91.8M$73.1M$18.7M$111.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $103.3M$62.5M$40.8M$95.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $45.5M$30.6M$14.9M$54.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $38,153,964 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,032,436$14,925,509
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,971,019$20,720,119
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,756,233$2,508,336
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $103,372$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,863,060$38,153,964
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $30,543,002$30,316,525
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $16,038,386$18,252,632
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $14,894,131$14,467,544
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $61,475,519$63,036,701
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$42,612,459−$24,882,737
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $38,153,964 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$558,977
VIII-1d Related organizations$20,050
VIII-1e Government grants$4,590,656
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,755,826
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,925,509
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $20,720,119$20,720,119
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,302,292$2,302,292
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $206,044$206,044
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $20,720,119 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,508,336$38,153,964
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $63,036,701 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $29,017,713$29,017,713
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,298,812$1,298,812
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $438,585 · Management $531,742 · Fundraising $124,084$1,094,411
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,687,677 · Management $1,568,979 · Fundraising $176,541$13,433,197
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $400,991 · Management $54,145 · Fundraising $4,292$459,428
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,799,529 · Management $283,277 · Fundraising $38,235$2,121,041
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $958,483 · Management $163,115 · Fundraising $22,957$1,144,555
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $49,831$49,831
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $158,360$158,360
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $106,043$106,043
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,455,829 · Management $346,058 · Fundraising $14,657$3,816,544
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $481,641 · Management $182,932 · Fundraising $11,276$675,849
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $149,267 · Management $41,130 · Fundraising $2,733$193,130
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,145,352 · Management $183,693 · Fundraising $4,858$1,333,903
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $564,306 · Management $101,795 · Fundraising $6,095$672,196
IX-17 TravelPrograms $50,650 · Management $13,956 · Fundraising $927$65,533
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $299,355 · Management $82,486 · Fundraising $5,479$387,320
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $228,448 · Management $367,778 · Fundraising $1,734$597,960
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $107,496 · Management $29,620 · Fundraising $1,967$139,083
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,689,331 · Management $100,478 · Fundraising $6,616$5,796,425
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $442,113 · Management $31,407 · Fundraising $1,847$475,367
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $58,215,578 · Management $4,396,825 · Fundraising $424,298$63,036,701
Part X · Balance sheet $55,555,896 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,226,795$4,117,481
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,927,135$1,101,084
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $895,445$837,960
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,641,711$1,738,045
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,592,171$1,107,656
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,712,945$3,664,804
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $61,837,888$38,833,266
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,354,837$4,155,600
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $82,188,927$55,555,896
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,370,004$3,989,470
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,242,232$4,048,546
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,612,236$8,038,016
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,808,681$15,050,315
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $54,768,010$32,467,565
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $70,576,691$47,517,880
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $82,188,927$55,555,896
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $47,517,880 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$38,153,964
XI-2 Total expenses$63,036,701
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$24,882,737
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$70,576,691
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,799,908
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$24,018
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$47,517,880

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