Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$621,259

Total expenses

$644,344

Contributions and grants received

$621,259

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$188,893

Total liabilities, end of year

$75,000

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$113,893

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$39,778

Management and general expenses

$604,566

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$39,778

Program services were 6.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• Home Visiting Programs - This is a home visiting grant program that provides parents with weekly support to strengthen parent-child interactions, bonding, child development, community resources and family goal planning. The grant is funded through the CT Office of Early Childhood with payments received through Family & Childrens Agency

  Expenses $26,365 · Revenue $216,869

• CFCI - Career and Family Coaching Institute. This is a career pathway program that in 2021, provided mentorship and training to parents with interest in entering the field of early childhood education.

  Expenses $11,067 · Revenue $109,834

• The Parent Ally Program is designed to foster strong, trusting relationships between families and trained staff who offer peer support, guidance and advocacy. Through this program, families receive individualized. strengths-based support to help navigate lifes challenges, access critical community resources, and build confidence in their parenting.At the FEC, Pareent Allies play a vital role in promoting family stability, increasing engagement, and supporting long-term positive outcomes.

  Expenses $2,146

• Share Our Strength is a nationally recognized initiative focused on ending childhood hunger by connecting families to reliable food resources and nutrition education. At the FEC, this progam enhances our ability to support families by providing access to food and assistance opportunites, educational materials, and referrels to local food pantries and community-based services. It helps ensure families have consistent access to nutritious meals while increasing awareness of available supports that contribute to overall family well-being.

  Expenses $200 · Revenue $258

• Ritter Family Foundation: The Ritter Family Foundation believes every child has the right to a quality education and social, emotional, and physical learning, regardless of the zip code in which he or she is born. To that end, we invest in a partner with organizations that work to improve the opportunity, access, and quality of services for children and families in under-resourced communities.

  Revenue $125,000

• The Odyssey Early Childhood Registered Apprentice Program is a comprehensive workforce development intiative designed to train, support, and cultivate future early childhood educators. This program provides participants with a paid, hands-on learning experience while they work toward earning their Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Through a structured combination of classroom instruction and on-the-job training particpants gain the knowledge and practical skills to succeed in early childhood education settings. The program expands access to high-quality training by offering an affordable and supporting career pathway, particularly for individuals who may face barriers to traditional education. Additionally, the program emphasizes professional growth through personalized mentorship, fully funded coursework, and guided support in completing CDA requirements, including portfolio development and on-site observations.

  Revenue $15,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

17 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202611279349302091

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