Partner with families to support young children's success in daily life and in the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$377K 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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $451K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$377K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $297K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.1M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$8.8M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.1M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.3M
FY2021$9.1M
FY2022$11.9M
FY2023$10.6M
FY2024$10.2M
FY2025$10.7M
Expenses
$8.8M
FY2021▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.5M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$9.3M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$10.5M
FY2025$10.4M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$6.1M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Aug 1963.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $7.4M Management & general 12% · $1.1M Fundraising 4% · $333K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $377K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO (through January 2021)
$149,000Pt VII · Sec A
Strategy/Program Officer & CEO
$115,253Pt VII · Sec A
$112,977Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (through November 2020)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Cline-Stively$164,244$163,676$157,076$150,232—$109,863
Jim Welsh————$149,000$147,664
Penny Yates Baker$121,700$120,624$121,384$117,157$112,977$103,555
Mary Cline-Stively Chief————$115,253—
Snow Berger—$106,141————
Jacqueline Oh$100,657$103,958————
Erika Boyd$101,208—————
Jillian Douglas——$101,090———

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

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Helps families support young children's success at home and in the community.

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3 programs · $6.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The early supports program ("esp") addresses the needs of children under age three who have developmental delays and who meet the state-set criteria for early supports services. Esp services include developmental assessment and evaluations, occupational, physical and speech therapy, educational services and social work services through a…

$5.2Mprogram expense
02

Nurse-Family Partnership (nfp)

NFP is a national, evidence-based home visitation program serving first-time parents during their pregnancy until the child is two years old. Specially trained community health nurses visit the families in their home weekly and bi-weekly, supporting healthy parent and child outcomes and family self-sufficiency.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Parents as Teachers (pat)

Pat is a national, evidence-based home visiting model of services to pregnant and parenting mothers and fathers whose children are under five years of age. Families served include those with extreme risk factors for poor child development outcomes, such as homelessness, parental mental health and substance abuse problems, history of…

$518Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · 6 grants · $549K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$47,020
Unitemized GrantFY2023$32,983
Unitemized GrantFY2022$45,750
Unitemized GrantFY2021$79,956
Unitemized GrantFY2020$317,066
Unitemized GrantFY2019$25,853

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Money outPt IX
$8.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.4M
Managementcol C$1.1M
Fundraisingcol D$333K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$993K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$9.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$46K
SavingsLn 2$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$210K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5131
VolunteersI 675
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$204K$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$161K$210K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$2.9M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$317K$317K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$244K$124K$119K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.5M$4.7M$575K$219K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$81K$68K$10K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$603K$508K$73K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$469K$395K$56K$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$36K$36K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$381K$345K$28K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$280K$228K$41K$12K
OccupancyLn 16$294K$228K$54K$12K
TravelLn 17$12K$11K$2K$27
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$91K$54K$5K$32K
InterestLn 20$49K$22K$26K$970
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$196K$175K$19K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$66K$58K$8K$391
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$177K$174K$3K$172
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.8M$7.4M$1.1M$333K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $10.7M$10.4M$288K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.2M$10.5M−$325K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.6M$10.5M$72K$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.9M$9.3M$2.6M$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $9.1M$8.8M$244K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $9.3M$9.5M−$187K$2.9M 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 $9,077,269 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,940,350$1,467,276
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,315,741$6,433,595
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $100$1,171,514
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $76,777$4,884
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,332,968$9,077,269
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $25,853$317,066
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,641,130$6,933,071
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,853,285$1,583,325
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,520,268$8,833,462
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$187,300$243,807
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $9,077,269 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$25,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,150
VIII-1e Government grants$993,482
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$444,644
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,467,276
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,433,595$6,433,595
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $482$482
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$2,943 · Excluded from tax $3,862$919
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,171,032$1,171,032
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,965$3,965
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,433,595 · Unrelated business −$2,943 · Excluded from tax $1,179,341$9,077,269
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,833,462 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $317,066$317,066
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $124,478 · Management $119,369$243,847
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,740,811 · Management $575,167 · Fundraising $219,401$5,535,379
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $68,345 · Management $9,757 · Fundraising $3,082$81,184
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $507,996 · Management $72,518 · Fundraising $22,908$603,422
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $395,033 · Management $56,392 · Fundraising $17,814$469,239
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $35,558$35,558
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $344,543 · Management $27,906 · Fundraising $8,477$380,926
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $228,017 · Management $40,736 · Fundraising $11,562$280,315
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $227,886 · Management $53,785 · Fundraising $12,481$294,152
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,697 · Management $1,523 · Fundraising $27$12,247
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $53,794 · Management $4,981 · Fundraising $32,409$91,184
IX-20 InterestPrograms $22,017 · Management $26,245 · Fundraising $970$49,232
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $174,604 · Management $18,566 · Fundraising $3,146$196,316
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $57,865 · Management $8,055 · Fundraising $391$66,311
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $174,390 · Management $2,522 · Fundraising $172$177,084
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,447,542 · Management $1,053,080 · Fundraising $332,840$8,833,462
Part X · Balance sheet $6,472,401 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $201,650$46,148
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,940$1,759,652
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $16,180$2,880
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,591,494$1,552,021
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $60,190$51,417
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,236,610$2,850,225
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $160,630$210,058
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,268,694$6,472,401
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $492,487$336,066
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,213,600$2,666,800
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,373,337$3,283,811
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,659,875$3,010,574
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $235,482$178,016
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,895,357$3,188,590
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,268,694$6,472,401
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,188,590 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,077,269
XI-2 Total expenses$8,833,462
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$243,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,895,357
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$49,426
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,188,590

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