Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$20,436,202

Total expenses

$23,678,950

Contributions and grants received

$20,436,202

Grants paid

$4,272,053

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$12,934,770

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,057,477

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,877,293

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$18,990,677

Management and general expenses

$1,208,316

Fundraising expenses

$3,479,957

Program service expenses (Part III)

$18,990,677

Program services were 80.2% 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 · 2023

• SEE SCHEDULE O:DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMMINGTO REALIZE ITS VISION OF KINDERGARTEN READINESS, JUMPSTART ENGAGES AND TRAINS COLLEGE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, KNOWN AS CORPS MEMBERS, TO DELIVER AN INTENTIONAL ORAL LANGUAGE CURRICULUM TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. BY ADDING TRAINED ADULTS TO PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, JUMPSTART PROVIDES MORE INDIVIDUALIZED INTERACTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND ENRICHES THE OVERALL LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT IN CLASSROOMS. DELIVERY OF JUMPSTART'S CURRICULUM IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING KEY PRINCIPLES: (1) UTILIZE CULTURALLY COMPETENT, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES; (2) ENGAGE CHILDREN IN PLAYFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES; (3) BALANCE ADULT-LED AND CHILD-INITIATED LEARNING; (4) HOLD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL CHILDREN; AND (5) SUPPORT CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE, VALUED, RESPECTED, SEEN, AND HEARD. TYPICALLY, TEAMS OF FOUR TO SIX JUMPSTART CORPS MEMBERS SERVE IN ONE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, DEVELOPING THE LANGUAGE, LITERACY, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS OF THEIR PARTNER CHILDREN. TEAMS OF CORPS MEMBERS CONDUCT TWO-HOUR "JUMPSTART SESSIONS" TWICE PER WEEK WITH THEIR FULL PARTNER CLASS. CORPS MEMBERS TYPICALLY SERVE 2-5 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM SERVICE (ICS) PER WEEK, IMPLEMENTING INDIVIDUALIZED ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING TEACHER-LED ACTIVITIES. JUMPSTART SESSIONS HAVE A CONSISTENT ROUTINE SO CHILDREN KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT TO DO, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPING SELF-REGULATION SKILLS. SESSIONS ARE A BLEND OF LARGE AND SMALL GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND INDEPENDENT PLAY. TO START, CORPS MEMBERS INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE MESSAGE, THEMES, AND VOCABULARY OF THAT DAY'S SESSION. A SMALL GROUP SHARED READING EXPERIENCE HELPS CHILDREN DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF VOCABULARY AND CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND BEGIN TO COMPREHEND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS' MENTAL STATES AND THEIR BEHAVIOR. READING IS FOLLOWED BY A LARGE GROUP LEARNING TIME CENTERED AROUND AN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY THAT BUILDS CHILDREN'S CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONTENT VOCABULARY. NEXT, IN CENTER TIME, CHILDREN MAKE CHOICES, EXPERIMENT, PRACTICE NEW OR PREVIOUSLY LEARNED SKILLS, AND PLAY; CORPS MEMBERS ENGAGE CHILDREN IN CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT ORAL LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. FINALLY, EACH SESSION CLOSES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO SHARE ABOUT THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR PEERS. CHILD AND MEMBER IMPACTIN 2023-24, JUMPSTART HAD 2,309 CORPS MEMBERS WHO DELIVERED ITS EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMMING TO 8,213 CHILDREN IN 15 STATES PLUS WASHINGTON, DC. CORPS MEMBERS REDUCE THE CHILD TO ADULT RATIO IN EVERY JUMPSTART CLASSROOM, ALLOWING CHILDREN TO RECEIVE AN INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS THEM TO DEVELOP NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARING ADULTS. ON AVERAGE, A MAJORITY OF JUMPSTART CHILDREN MAKE GAINS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM YEAR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SKILLS DETERMINED TO BE PREDICTORS OF KINDERGARTEN READINESS AND SCHOOL SUCCESS. THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF PROGRAMMING TO CHILDREN, JUMPSTART IS ALSO EXPANDING THE PIPELINE OF QUALIFIED, DIVERSE TALENT PURSUING CAREERS IN EARLY EDUCATION. AS REPORTED ON THE 2022 CORPS MEMBER SURVEY, 86% OF CORPS MEMBERS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A CAREER OR HIGHER DEGREE RELATED TO THEIR JUMPSTART SERVICE.

  Expenses $18,990,677 · Grants $4,272,053

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

  $344,166

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

  $275,040

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA

  $268,207

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

  $227,057

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO

  $218,036

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

  $201,642

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

  $180,739

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

  $147,100

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• HOWARD UNIVERSITY

  $145,153

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

• ST MARY'S COLLEGE

  $110,959

  AMERICORPS AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JUMPSTART PROGRAMMING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 June 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521779349300807

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