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The Growing Place, Inc. provides quality child care for children from the age of 6 weeks to 12 years old. The organization operates four facilities serving approximately 200 children on an annual basis.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$82K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $13K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$110K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.5M
+21% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$556K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.5M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$556K
FY2024▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$515K
FY2021$622K
FY2022$759K
FY2023$543K
FY2024$556K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending August 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1973.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $1.2M Management & general 14% · $205K Fundraising 4% · $58K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$81,924Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Caitlin Lee$81,924$78,955$70,876$70,596$65,256

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

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

Programs and updates

Offers quality childcare for children aged six weeks to twelve years.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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The Growing Place, Inc. operated four facilities serving approximately 200 children on a yearly basis. Programs include a part-day nursury school, a full-day year round childcare program, a half-day child care program for kindergarten age children, an after school program, and a summer camp.

$1.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$13K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$389K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$205K
Fundraisingcol D$58K
Owns and owesPt X
$556K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$83K
Total assetsLn 16$666K
LiabilitiesLn 26$110K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$826K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$389K
Investment incomeLn 3$831
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$83K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$83K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$464K
Other assetsLn 15$12K
Total assetsLn 16$666K
LiabilitiesLn 26$110K
Net assetsLn 32$556K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 553
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$67K$83K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$487K$464K
Total assetsLn 16$651K$666K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K$110K
Net assetsLn 32$543K$556K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$79K$75K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$957K$829K$80K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$8K$2K$517
Other employee benefitsLn 9$16K$13K$2K$793
Payroll taxesLn 10$79K$63K$12K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$2K$429$143
Advertising and promotionLn 12$188$188
Office expensesLn 13$174K$164K$9K$328
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$92K$81K$11K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$44K$42K$3K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$23K$22K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.2M$205K$58K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 15, 2025 $1.5M$1.5M$13K$556K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 11, 2024 $1.2M$1.5M−$216K$543K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 24, 2023 $1.4M$1.3M$138K$759K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 19, 2022 $1.3M$1.2M$107K$622K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 7, 2021 $1.2M$1.1M$48K$515K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,508,559 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $872,534$1,112,534
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $368,076$388,935
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,256$831
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,725$6,259
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,245,591$1,508,559
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,100,400$1,141,366
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $361,093$354,271
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,461,493$1,495,637
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$215,902$12,922
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,508,559 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$825,574
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$286,960
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,112,534
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $388,935$388,935
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $831$831
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$6,259
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $388,935 · Excluded from tax $831$1,508,559
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,495,637 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $75,072 · Fundraising $3,951$79,023
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $828,797 · Management $80,327 · Fundraising $47,849$956,973
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,277 · Management $1,552 · Fundraising $517$10,346
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,682 · Management $2,378 · Fundraising $793$15,853
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $63,336 · Management $11,876 · Fundraising $3,959$79,171
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,500$9,500
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,290 · Management $429 · Fundraising $143$2,862
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $188$188
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $164,418 · Management $9,181 · Fundraising $328$173,927
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $81,037 · Management $10,839$91,876
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,373$8,373
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $41,807 · Management $2,685$44,492
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $21,900 · Management $1,153$23,053
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,232,917 · Management $205,180 · Fundraising $57,540$1,495,637
Part X · Balance sheet $666,175 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $66,586$83,024
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $83,923$104,631
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,097$3,075
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $486,965$463,912
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,795$11,533
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $651,366$666,175
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $53,703$78,343
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $107,945$109,832
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $543,421$556,343
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $543,421$556,343
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $651,366$666,175
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $556,343 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,508,559
XI-2 Total expenses$1,495,637
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$12,922
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$543,421
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$556,343

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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