Pied Piper Pre-School

Tax-deductible

Walnut Creek, CA501(c)(3)EIN 94-1219132

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Pied Piper is a cooperative preschool

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 55 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $26K a year · 12% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$146K
to officers and key staff · 63% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 63% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $229
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 15 voting members
Concern: none of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$238K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$233K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$368K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$238K
FY2025▲ +6%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$164K
FY2022$208K
FY2023$213K
FY2024$224K
FY2025$238K
Expenses
$233K
FY2025▲ +29%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2022$177K
FY2023$188K
FY2024$180K
FY2025$233K
Net assets
$368K
FY2025▲ +1%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$262K
FY2022$294K
FY2023$319K
FY2024$363K
FY2025$368K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1952.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $233K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. 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; $146K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director
$76,384Pt VII · Sec A
Asst. Director
$37,889Pt VII · Sec A
Teacher Assistant
$24,467Pt VII · Sec A
$6,834Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fundraising Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fundraising Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Pia Griffin$76,384$75,136$70,581$70,809
Angela Bradley—$42,049$50,541$55,323
Carrie Shearer$37,889———
Michael Dunn$24,467$12,254$4,665$7,664
Stephen Bradley$6,834———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides early childhood education and care in a cooperative setting.

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1 program · $233K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Pied Piper Preschool provides a quality preschool experience in a parent cooperative environment

$233Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$229

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$238K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$200K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$233K
Ln 25
Programscol B$233K
Owns and owesPt X
$368K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$265K
Total assetsLn 16$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$200K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Total revenueLn 12$238K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$265K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$265K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$102K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$368K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 655
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$255K$265K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$108K$102K
Total assetsLn 16$363K$368K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$363K$368K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$147K$147K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$12K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$45$45$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$42K$42K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$559$559$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$12K$12K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$233K$233K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $238K$233K$5K$368K 990 PDF
FY2024 $224K$180K$44K$363K 990 PDF
FY2023 $213K$188K$25K$319K 990 PDF
FY2022 $208K$177K$31K$294K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 $164K$262K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $238,035 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$310
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$34,013
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $200,049 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$200,049
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,973 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,973
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated 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-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $204,022 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$238,035
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $232,834 across 29 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $147,481 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$147,481
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,604 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,604
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,800 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,800
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $45 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$45
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,482 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,482
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,578 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$41,578
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 $559 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$559
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 $5,335 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,335
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,540 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,540
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,410 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,410
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $232,834 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$232,834
Part X · Balance sheet $368,264 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $255,253$265,497
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $75$367
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $107,735$102,400
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 assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $363,063$368,264
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $363,063$368,264
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $363,063$368,264
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $368,264 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$238,035
XI-2 Total expenses$232,834
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,201
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$363,063
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$368,264

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