Giraffe Laugh INC FY2020 filing

Giraffe Laugh ensures school readiness, empowers families and builds strong futures.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$56K 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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FY2020 · 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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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $401K a year · 19% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$56K
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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$132K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$463K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.8M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.1M
Net assets
$463K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$463K
FY2021$881K
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$2.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · 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 Aug 1996.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $986K Management & general 11% · $132K Fundraising 8% · $98K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $56K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$56,375Pt VII · Sec A
President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Retiring Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lorraine Fascilla’s $92K as Executive Director is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lorraine Fascilla$92,434$77,022———
Lori Fascilla——$60,856$56,109$56,375

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Prepares children for school, supports families, and builds brighter futures.

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1 program · $986K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Provided preschool education and care for approximately 200 children at four facilities including children from low-income and disadvantaged families in ada county, idaho.

$986Kprogram 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$50K

By the numbers

Org confirmed 0 of 11 linesconfirmednot yet

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$628K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$986K
Managementcol C$132K
Fundraisingcol D$98K
Owns and owesPt X
$463K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$306K
Total assetsLn 16$595K
LiabilitiesLn 26$132K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Government grantsLn 1e$20K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$628K
Investment incomeLn 3$399
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$45K
SavingsLn 2$261K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$306K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Other assetsLn 15$37K
Total assetsLn 16$595K
LiabilitiesLn 26$132K
Net assetsLn 32$463K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 564
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$31K$306K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$69K$53K
Total assetsLn 16$473K$595K
LiabilitiesLn 26$157K$132K
Net assetsLn 32$316K$463K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$31K$26K$2K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$775K$641K$55K$78K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$16K$15K$1K$150
Payroll taxesLn 10$72K$60K$5K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K$298
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$3K$140
OccupancyLn 16$83K$62K$20K$160
InterestLn 20$4K$4K$174
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$8K$883
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$171K$137K$30K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$8K$2K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$986K$132K$98K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.8M$2.1M$685K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$2.0M$47K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$1.7M$714K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.3M$411K$881K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.2M$146K$463K 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,363,150 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $551,478$709,415
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $910,984$627,673
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $204$399
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,592$25,663
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,485,258$1,363,150
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $953,502$893,703
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $440,345$323,134
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,393,847$1,216,837
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $91,411$146,313
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,363,150 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$20,239
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$689,176
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,666
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$709,415
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $627,673$627,673
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $399$399
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,748$17,748
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,915$7,915
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $635,588 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $18,147$1,363,150
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,216,837 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $25,980 · Management $2,247 · Fundraising $3,178$31,405
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $640,845 · Management $55,419 · Fundraising $78,393$774,657
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,623 · Management $1,314 · Fundraising $150$16,087
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $60,024 · Management $4,855 · Fundraising $6,675$71,554
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,922$12,922
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,135 · Management $298$5,433
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,924 · Management $2,862 · Fundraising $140$9,926
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,297 · Management $20,110 · Fundraising $160$82,567
IX-20 InterestPrograms $4,321 · Management $174$4,495
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,626$12,626
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,789 · Management $883$8,672
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $137,452 · Management $29,557 · Fundraising $3,860$170,869
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,924 · Management $1,790 · Fundraising $5,910$15,624
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $985,940 · Management $132,431 · Fundraising $98,466$1,216,837
Part X · Balance sheet $594,582 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$44,946
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $31,168$261,410
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $299,679$177,213
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,441$10,852
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,629$10,991
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $68,709$52,645
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $50,000$36,525
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $472,626$594,582
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $102,848$62,866
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $54,147$68,973
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $156,995$131,839
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $44,781$388,243
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $270,850$74,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $315,631$462,743
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $472,626$594,582
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $462,743 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,363,150
XI-2 Total expenses$1,216,837
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$146,313
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$315,631
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$799
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$462,743

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