A Childs Touch FY2020 filing

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The mission of ACT is to provide quality education maximizing the development of our children through a Christian philosophy and dedicated staff.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 84-0738499) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$449K 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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $13K a year · 0.4% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
88% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$449K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
7.1 mo
of spending, in cash
7.1 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $275
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.06% of total assets
Liabilities are 0.06% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 10 voting members
6 of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$3.0M
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.7M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$3.7M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.1M

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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1978.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $2.4M Management & general 12% · $342K Fundraising 0% · $464

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

10 people listed on the 990; $449K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$133,820Pt VII · Sec A
$133,320Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$99,438Pt VII · Sec A
$82,530Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Deborah Grillo$141,600$142,705$140,505$136,800$134,480$133,320
Michael Grillo$117,600$140,705$140,505$136,800$134,480$133,820
Ashriel Huber$123,240$122,148$116,868$109,425$102,173$99,438
John Joseph Huber$101,701$104,447$99,364$92,025$85,400$82,530
Robert a Lees$995$1,053————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates children with quality, Christian-based learning and dedicated staff.

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1 program · $2.4M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Infant through Kindergarten Christian School accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International ACSI. Provides an enhanced elementary kindergarten early childhood education and childcare. Offers before after school and summer camp programs for elementary school children through age 13.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 84-0738499) · Dispute this line
$2.4Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$275
Grants paid · 1 grant · $6K · 2022–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,035

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Investment incomeLn 3$23K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.4M
Managementcol C$342K
Fundraisingcol D$464
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$24K
Government grantsLn 1e$15K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$23K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$695K
SavingsLn 2$925K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Accounts receivableLn 4$2K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$27K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$632K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 573
VolunteersI 60
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$722K$632K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10K$10K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$449K$258K$191K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$1.3M$71K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$17K$12K$5K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$45K$44K$2K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$105K$85K$20K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$915$0$915$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$0$19K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$86K$80K$5K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$16K$14K$2K$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$10K$9K$860$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$582$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$102K$91K$10K$0
InsuranceLn 23$49K$44K$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20K$19K$1K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$387K$378K$8K$464
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.4M$342K$464

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 8, 2026 $3.7M$3.7M−$55K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 27, 2025 $3.3M$4.1M−$800K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 1, 2024 $4.2M$3.9M$312K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 10, 2023 $4.0M$3.4M$516K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 4, 2022 $2.8M$2.9M−$112K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 4, 2022 $3.0M$2.7M$217K$2.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990
Part I · Summary $2,960,198 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,306$23,875
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,771,771$2,913,021
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28,723$23,302
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,801,800$2,960,198
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $32,292$10,143
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,094,271$2,032,378
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $905,948$700,223
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,032,511$2,742,744
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$230,711$217,454
Part VI · Governance 6 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $2,960,198 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,019 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$15,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,875
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,875
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,910,028 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,974$2,912,002
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $23,302 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$23,302
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,934,349 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,974$2,960,198
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,742,744 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,143$10,143
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $257,691 · Management $191,417 · Fundraising $0$449,108
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,345,374 · Management $70,899 · Fundraising $0$1,416,273
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,682 · Management $5,201 · Fundraising $0$16,883
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $43,719 · Management $1,640 · Fundraising $0$45,359
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $84,956 · Management $19,799 · Fundraising $0$104,755
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $915 · Fundraising $0$915
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $18,830 · Fundraising $0$18,830
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $80,077 · Management $5,447 · Fundraising $0$85,524
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,801 · Management $1,868 · Fundraising $0$15,669
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,366 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,366
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,126 · Management $860 · Fundraising $0$9,986
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,235 · Management $582 · Fundraising $0$5,817
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $91,465 · Management $10,163 · Fundraising $0$101,628
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $44,323 · Management $4,577 · Fundraising $0$48,900
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,929 · Management $1,403 · Fundraising $0$20,332
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $378,350 · Management $8,442 · Fundraising $464$387,256
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,400,237 · Management $342,043 · Fundraising $464$2,742,744
Part X · Balance sheet $2,281,780 assets, 31 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $314,119$695,386
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,001,823$925,145
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $332$2,309
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,853$27,203
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $722,038$631,737
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,064,165$2,281,780
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,242$1,403
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year −$47−$47
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,195$1,356
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $2,062,970$2,280,424
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,062,970$2,280,424
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,064,165$2,281,780
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,280,424 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,960,198
XI-2 Total expenses$2,742,744
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$217,454
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,062,970
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,280,424

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