Columbus Area Childcare: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 88-3696458)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023	$389K
FY2024	$854K
FY2025	$689K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023	$393K
FY2024	$685K
FY2025	$779K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023	−$3K
FY2024	$165K
FY2025	$75K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2023.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

87%

13%

Program services 87% · $676K Management & general 13% · $103K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Lisa Brestel

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dawson Brunswick

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Todd Duren

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Melinda Long

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brett Rains

Vice Preside

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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

Offers affordable childcare so parents can work.

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1 program · $676K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Childcare services for the local area

$676Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Nebraska Community FoundationFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$689K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$623K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$66K

Money outPt IX

$779K

Ln 25

Programscol B$676K

Managementcol C$103K

Owns and owesPt X

$75K

net assets · Ln 32

Total assetsLn 16$613K

LiabilitiesLn 26$538K

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$66K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$623K

Total revenueLn 12$689K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$543K

Total assetsLn 16$613K

LiabilitiesLn 26$538K

Net assetsLn 32$75K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 534

VolunteersI 610

Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$411K	$543K
Total assetsLn 16	$585K	$613K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$420K	$538K
Net assetsLn 32	$165K	$75K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$534K	$480K	$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$2K	$2K	$172
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$118		$118
Payroll taxesLn 10	$41K	$37K	$4K
Legal feesLn 11b	$28		$28
Accounting feesLn 11c	$5K		$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$14		$14
Office expensesLn 13	$25K	$23K	$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$20K		$20K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$294		$294
InterestLn 20	$12K		$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$22K	$22K
InsuranceLn 23	$6K	$3K	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$109K	$109K
All other expensesLn 24e	$4K	$344	$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$779K	$676K	$103K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$689K	$779K	−$90K	$75K	990 PDF
FY2024	$854K	$685K	$169K	$165K	990 PDF
FY2023	$389K	$393K	−$3K	−$3K	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 $689,195 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $348,016$66,000

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $505,970$623,195

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $853,986$689,195

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $544,053$576,482

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $141,410$202,696

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $685,463$779,178

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $168,523−$89,983

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $689,195 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$66,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$66,000

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $623,195$623,195

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $623,195$689,195

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $779,178 across 15 lines filed

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $480,271 · Management $53,364$533,635

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,552 · Management $172$1,724

IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $118$118

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $36,904 · Management $4,101$41,005

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $28$28

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,555$4,555

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $14$14

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,837 · Management $2,538$25,375

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $19,879$19,879

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $294$294

IX-20 InterestManagement $11,529$11,529

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $22,409$22,409

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,126 · Management $2,490$5,616

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,017$109,017

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $344 · Management $3,636$3,980

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $676,460 · Management $102,718 · Fundraising $0$779,178

Part X · Balance sheet $613,115 assets, 10 lines filed

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $32,000$20,000

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $38,312$49,699

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $411,455$543,416

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $585,026$613,115

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $631$187

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,079$155,601

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $419,826$537,898

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $165,200$75,217

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $165,200$75,217

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $585,026$613,115

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $75,217 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$689,195

XI-2 Total expenses$779,178

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$89,983

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$165,200

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$75,217

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Columbus Area Childcare

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Columbus Area Childcare

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV