Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$230,120

Total expenses

$244,179

Contributions and grants received

$228,698

Grants paid

$220,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$7

Other revenue

$1,415

Total assets, end of year

$77,792

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$77,792

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$220,000

Management and general expenses

$24,179

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$220,000

Program services were 90.1% 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 · 2022

• FAMILYFORWARD WAS AWARDED $120,000 TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THEIR THERAPEUTIC PRESCHOOL, WHICH SERVES STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED EARLY ADVERSITY. THE PROGRAM INCORPORATES PLAY AND FAMILY THERAPY AS WELL AS ACCESS TO OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPY ALONG WITH A COGNITIVELY-FOCUSED EARLY LEARNING CURRICULUM. IT IS FREE TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN WHO QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID. THE GATEWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITY GRANT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NEW THERAPEUTIC PRESCHOOL FACILITY, HOUSED WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA CENTER CAMPUS ON NORTH LINDBERGH, WHICH OPENS THIS FALL. FAMILYFORWARD WAS CREATED IN 2017 WITH THE MERGER OF TWO LONG-STANDING NONPROFITS: CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER.

  Expenses $120,000 · Grants $120,000

• READY READERS RECEIVED $30,000 TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THEIR LITERACY PROGRAMS. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF SOME 2,000 BOOKS SO THAT MORE THAN 280 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN CAN BUILD A LOVE OF READING AND ACCESS THE REWARDS OF LITERACY THIS SCHOOL YEAR. READY READERS SENDS TRAINED VOLUNTEERS INTO CLASSROOMS IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO READ ALOUD TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND DISTRIBUTE BOOKS, SPARKING IMAGINATIONS AND BUILDING EARLY LITERACY SKILLS IN PREPARATION FOR KINDERGARTEN.

  Expenses $30,000 · Grants $30,000

• NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, A CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ST. LOUIS IN PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, RECEIVED $30,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THEIR PRE-K PROGRAM. NORTH SIDE HAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM GCC FOR THE LAUNCH AND EXPANSION OF ITS PRE-K PROGRAM AND THE REPAIRS TO THE PLAYGROUND FOR THEIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER. GCC'S 2022 FUNDING WILL REPLACE AGING FLOORS, SKYLIGHTS, BATHROOMS, AND MAKE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO PROMOTE A SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

  Expenses $30,000 · Grants $30,000

• CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL, A CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE BOTANICAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, HAS BEEN AWARDED $20,000 TO CREATE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PRE-K CLASSROOM. GCC FUNDING WILL FINANCE RENOVATING SPACE CURRENTLY USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES AND PURCHASING FURNITURE AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. LAST YEAR, CITY GARDEN TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF PRE-K CLASSROOMS IN THEIR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING AND GCC FUNDED THE CREATION OF AN AGE-APPROPRIATE PRE-K PLAYGROUND.

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

• REFUGE & RESTORATION IS A FIRST TIME GCC GRANT RECIPIENT. THE NEW ORGANIZATION WAS AWARDED $20,000 FOR THE START UP COSTS OF ITS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE ANCHOR SERVICES HOUSED IN THE NEW REFUGE & RESTORATION MARKETPLACE, A REVITALIZED 88,000 SQUARE FOOT SHOPPING CENTER. SERVING DELWOOD AND FERGUSON AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN NORTH COUNTY, THE R&R MARKETPLACE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER, INNOVATION CENTER, BANK, AND HEALTH SERVICES. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER WILL SERVE 100 CHILDREN AND IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. GCC HAS PLEDGED AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 ONCE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED; THIS PAYMENT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.

  Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

• FAMILYFORWARD

  $120,000

  DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE THERAPEUTIC PRESCHOOL

• READY READERS

  $30,000

  FUND THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,000 BOOKS

• NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

  $30,000

  REMODEL AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRE KINDERGARTEN FACILITY

• REFUGE AND RESTORTATION

  $20,000

  START OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER

• CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL

  $20,000

  CREATION OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION PRE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202323189349302992

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