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Little Beginnings Child Development Center

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Arlington, VA501(c)(3)Since 1986 EIN 52-1306992Revenue $1.6M in FY2025

On file with the IRSlittlebeginnings.org606 N Irving St, 22201-2004 · Arlington, VATax-exempt since Oct 1983School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Little Beginnings provides pre kindergarten and day care to children under 6 years of age. We believe that learning and playing are synonymous for the preschool age child. Young children learn best when they have an opportunity to practice their intellectual, physical and social skills every day through activities of their own choosing in an environment carefully structured by trained staff.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 24 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $73K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $196
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$117K
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% 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
$1.6M
+20% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$194K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$194K
FY2025▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$227K
FY2021$510K
FY2022$813K
FY2023$574K
FY2024$164K
FY2025$194K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1983.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $1.4M Management & general 13% · $211K

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; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Dawn Erasquin
Executive Dir.
$97,959Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Miki Templeton
Staff Liason
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Abbey Gibson
Cumc Liason
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dawn Erasquin$97,959$23,261————
Aurora Pollak———$76,132$84,276$78,856
Sasha Cunningham—$37,398$35,634$10,385——

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers early childhood education and care for children under six.

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1 program · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provide child care to children under age 6.

$1.4Mprogram 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 · FY2023
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$196
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$196

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21K
Investment incomeLn 3$28
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$211K
Owns and owesPt X
$194K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$267K
Total assetsLn 16$312K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
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$21K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$28
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$267K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$267K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$312K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
Net assetsLn 32$194K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$227K$267K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K$26K
Total assetsLn 16$263K$312K
LiabilitiesLn 26$99K$117K
Net assetsLn 32$164K$194K
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$116K$23K$93K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$925K$925K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$29K$29K
Payroll taxesLn 10$79K$73K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$21K$11K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$31K$13K$18K
Information technologyLn 14$39K$31K$8K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$144K$116K$29K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$7K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$150K$143K$7K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.4M$211K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.6M$1.6M$31K$194K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.7M−$410K$164K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.6M−$239K$574K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.5M$303K$813K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.5M$283K$510K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.0M$1.4M−$403K$227K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,613,483 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,153$21,086
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,329,926$1,592,825
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $165$28
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,265−$456
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,339,509$1,613,483
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,282,555$1,149,943
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $467,396$432,801
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,749,951$1,582,744
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$410,442$30,739
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-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,613,483 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$19,283
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,803
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$21,086
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,592,825$1,592,825
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28$28
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$2,445−$2,445
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,989$1,989
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,592,825 · Excluded from tax −$428$1,613,483
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,582,744 across 31 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 staffPrograms $23,151 · Management $92,607$115,758
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $924,993$924,993
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,045$2,045
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $28,510$28,510
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $73,132 · Management $5,505$78,637
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,438$2,438
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $25,196$25,196
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $11,117 · Management $10,344$21,461
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,928 · Management $17,853$30,781
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $30,843 · Management $7,711$38,554
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $115,501 · Management $28,875$144,376
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $5,217$5,217
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,505 · Management $6,477$12,982
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $143,050 · Management $7,184$150,234
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,562$1,562
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,371,775 · Management $210,969 · Fundraising $0$1,582,744
Part X · Balance sheet $311,521 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $225,585$266,921
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,503$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,617$57
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,680$11,572
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $16,795$26,221
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,750$6,750
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $262,930$311,521
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $38,900$47,738
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $60,441$69,455
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $99,341$117,193
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $153,589$184,328
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,000$10,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $163,589$194,328
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $262,930$311,521
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $194,328 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,613,483
XI-2 Total expenses$1,582,744
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$30,739
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$163,589
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$194,328

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