Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1977.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
22 people listed on the 990; $345K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Jaingahyllseth | $241,962 | $148,192 | — | — | — |
| John Bray | $201,046 | $152,499 | $147,351 | $129,000 | — |
| Ashley Miller | $153,269 | — | — | — | — |
| Susan Lee | $141,896 | $117,392 | — | — | — |
| Jackie Jainga Hyllseth | — | — | $141,454 | $130,108 | — |
| Sherrie Belt | $134,665 | $117,392 | $103,655 | — | — |
| William Keller | — | — | — | — | $126,027 |
| Sonia Doughty | $125,010 | $119,302 | $115,050 | $109,200 | $107,458 |
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 childcare, recreation, and lifelong learning programs for Seattle residents.
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Childcare
Low cost out of school care, preschool, and summer day camp. Among other accomplishments, arc continues to raise the standard for our preschool programs with creative curriculum, in the same vein we continue to incorporate the higher standards of sapqa (school age program quality assessment) initiative in our school age care programs.
Recreation
Exempt purpose is to offer low cost or free recreation program delivery across the city of seattle. We continue to partner with the city of seattle SPR to offer recreational and educational activities in twenty-six (26) community centers, sponsored multiple capital improvements projects in seattle parks & recreation facilities, operated…
The preschool program became a stand alone program on 1/1/17. There are thirteen preschool programs across the system where two of those programs have become licensed programs through SPP (seattle preschool program) and three of the programs became pathways programs through deel (department of education and early learning) during 2020.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.3M | $2.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $5.7M | $3.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $8.8M | $8.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.5M | $4.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.3M | $3.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $130K | $90K | $39K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $7.2M | $5.0M | $2.2M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $89K | $62K | $27K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $737K | $513K | $224K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $727K | $506K | $221K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $21K | $21K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $30K | $17K | $13K | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $198K | $124K | $74K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $54K | $43K | $11K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $179K | $159K | $20K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $80K | $76K | $3K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $79K | $37K | $42K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $90K | $90K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.0M | $912K | $128K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $10.7M | $7.6M | $3.1M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $17.7M | $18.3M | −$560K | $8.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $16.4M | $16.6M | −$192K | $8.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $13.5M | $12.0M | $1.5M | $8.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $13.0M | $8.9M | $4.1M | $7.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $8.1M | $10.7M | −$2.5M | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,137,449 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,137,449 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,659,505 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $8,053,787 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,409,089 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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