First3years nurtures early relational and mental health of infants and toddlers in texas. Working in deep collaboration with caregivers, parents, and professionals statewide, we cultivate strong early childhood systems, educate our workforce, and advance best practices.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$162K 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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FY2021 · 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $179K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$162K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $363K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$157K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
-42% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2021▼ -42%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$916K
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$656K
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2021▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2021▼ -13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$588K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1986.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $1.5M Management & general 9% · $156K Fundraising 6% · $104K

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; $162K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$107,628Pt VII · Sec A
$54,657Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sadie Funk—————$121,956
Kallie L Benes——$120,667———
Kallie L Benes-Thru 122024—$110,766————
Ashley Borthick-Thru 122———$101,419$107,628—
Kallie L Benes-From 122———$105,860——
Alexandra Mylius$90,532—————
Ashley Borthick-Thru 1023——$62,780———
Sadie Funk-Thru 421————$54,657—

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

Nurtures infants' and toddlers' mental health by partnering with Texas caregivers and professionals.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Community Engagement

1) Early Relational Health educates early childhood and clinical professionals on how to assess and support the relational health between parents and young children. In 2021, we trained over 40 medical professionals and provided over 48 hours of training to EC professionals.2) Our Houston area projects include Babies in Baytown, Houston…

$749Kprogram expense
02

SAFE BABIES-A collaborative approach to transform the experience of infants and toddlers in the child welfare system from traumatic to healing. In 2021, we worked with 48 families, 60 children 0-36 months, and 29 siblings in 3 urban Texas counties.

$478Kprogram expense
03

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT-First3Years empowers caregivers and stakeholder systems through training in current research and best practices in early childhood development. We trained more than 2,025 EC professionals and offered 190 hours of caregiver training in 2021.

$270Kprogram 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 · 9 grants · $53K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,090
Unitemized GrantFY2024$270
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,320
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,675
City of Baytown Parks & RecFY2022$15,000
City of Baytown Sterling LibFY2022$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$7,120
Early Childhood Caucus of Texas LegislatureFY2020$5,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K
Investment incomeLn 3$843
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$156K
Fundraisingcol D$104K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$157K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$59K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K
Investment incomeLn 3$843
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$718K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$436
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$157K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 521
VolunteersI 660
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$78K$157K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$2.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$9K$9K
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$168K$114K$24K$29K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$788K$684K$59K$45K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$5K$34$537
Other employee benefitsLn 9$39K$37K$537$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$69K$57K$6K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$500$500
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$968$10K$164
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$484K$435K$48K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$5K$253$3K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$19K$443$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$31K$29K$875$1K
TravelLn 17$4K$1K$2K
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$2K$2K$285
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$102K$90K$4K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$5K$527$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.5M$156K$104K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $656K$1.1M−$437K$588K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.7M−$273K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$1.8M−$150K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $916K$1.7M−$787K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.4M$1.8M−$344K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.4M$1.5M$916K$2.6M 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 $1,412,890 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,186,539$1,247,358
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $96,474$171,802
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,111$843
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $162,595−$7,113
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,447,719$1,412,890
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,500$9,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,064,527$1,070,069
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $458,728$677,469
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,531,755$1,756,538
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $915,964−$343,648
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $1,412,890 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$34,080
VIII-1c Fundraising events$59,498
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,153,780
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,247,358
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $171,802$171,802
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $843$843
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 −$7,113−$7,113
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $171,802 · Excluded from tax −$6,270$1,412,890
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,756,538 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $9,000$9,000
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 $114,451 · Management $24,328 · Fundraising $29,372$168,151
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $684,005 · Management $58,936 · Fundraising $45,102$788,043
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,272 · Management $34 · Fundraising $537$5,843
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $36,784 · Management $537 · Fundraising $2,044$39,365
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $57,240 · Management $6,365 · Fundraising $5,062$68,667
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $500$500
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $968 · Management $9,986 · Fundraising $164$11,118
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $435,198 · Management $47,629 · Fundraising $1,382$484,209
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,417$1,417
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,511 · Management $253 · Fundraising $3,492$8,256
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $18,831 · Management $443 · Fundraising $3,289$22,563
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,434 · Management $875 · Fundraising $1,119$31,428
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,488 · Fundraising $2,133$3,621
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 amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,287 · Management $2,233 · Fundraising $285$4,805
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $90,039 · Management $3,709 · Fundraising $8,514$102,262
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,416 · Management $527 · Fundraising $1,347$7,290
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,496,841 · Management $155,855 · Fundraising $103,842$1,756,538
Part X · Balance sheet $2,390,887 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $980,052$1,030,876
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $511,276$717,800
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,125,950$588,566
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $37,080$17,729
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$35,480
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
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 $436$436
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,654,794$2,390,887
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $77,630$77,371
X-19 Deferred revenue$80,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $77,630$157,371
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,414,307$690,677
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,162,857$1,542,839
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,577,164$2,233,516
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,654,794$2,390,887
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,233,516 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,412,890
XI-2 Total expenses$1,756,538
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$343,648
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,577,164
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,233,516

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