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← CHILD CARE CHOICES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILD CARE CHOICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,052,701
Total expenses
$8,986,148
Contributions and grants received
$8,928,848
Grants paid
$5,294,907
Program service revenue
$122,861
Investment income
$992
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,584,297
Total liabilities, end of year
$993,120
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$591,177
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,672,512
Management and general expenses
$304,114
Fundraising expenses
$9,522
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,672,512

Program services were 96.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,846,109

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,739

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Training Revenue

    total $90,806 · related or exempt $90,806 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Car Seat Education

    total $31,415 · related or exempt $31,415 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Learning Events

    total $640 · related or exempt $640 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $992 · related or exempt $992 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,294,907 · program services $5,294,907

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,548 · program services $32,073 · management and general $82,475 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $2,037,292 · program services $2,015,240 · management and general $22,052 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,578 · program services $36,916 · management and general $662 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $168,105 · program services $167,730 · management and general $375 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $169,875 · program services $159,788 · management and general $10,087 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,100 · management and general $26,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $370,717 · program services $333,647 · management and general $37,070

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,704 · program services $66,704

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $139,728 · program services $116,233 · management and general $13,973 · fundraising $9,522

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $73,140 · program services $71,290 · management and general $1,850

  • 17 · Travel

    total $144,279 · program services $129,851 · management and general $14,428

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,852 · management and general $11,852

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $82,601 · management and general $82,601

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,888 · program services $5,299 · management and general $589

  • 24a · Other expenses: Training and Workshopt

    total $220,751 · program services $220,751 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other

    total $22,083 · program services $22,083 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $560,089 · end of year $689,401

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $689,737 · end of year $654,979

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,171 · end of year $5,079

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,401 · end of year $20,762

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $438,899

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $224,823

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $277,453 · end of year $214,076

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $305,975 · end of year $233,242

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $417,482 · end of year $389,771

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $103,260 · end of year $233,016

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,543 · end of year $4,343

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $191,967 · end of year $132,748

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $278,337 · end of year $290,056

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $246,287 · end of year $301,121

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Building brighter futures, nurturing growth, and creating pathways to success for the early childhood community.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Building brighter futures, nurturing growth, and creating pathways to success for the early childhood community in Minnesota through Child Care Aware Region 7W, Early Learning Scholarships, and the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program.

  • Child Care Choices, Inc.(CCCI) holds a contract with the State of Minnesota to sponsor the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. The program promotes proper nutrition for children in the care of licensed in-home child care providers by reimbursing them for a portion of their food costs for creditable meals. Child care providers keep daily records of attendance and meals served to children in their care. The information is then submitted by claims electronically or on paper to CCCI for processing. The claims are reviewed for accuracy and allowable food served according to USDA regulations, then submitted electronically to the State for final processing. Payment is made to CCCI for the grand total of claims and the payments are disbursed to each individual provider.

    Expenses $5,230,415 · Grants $4,487,942

  • Child Care Choices, Inc. serves as the Child Care Aware, West/Central District site for 22 counties, 7W Regional services for Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright Counties, and Northwest Training Delivery. Through all services provided, Child Care Aware promotes high quality child care that meets the needs of young children and their families. Child Care Aware, West/Central provides Professional Development, Grants, and Parent Aware recruiting to all 22 counties within the District. Region 7W Child Care Aware provides community outreach and support to child care programs and Parent Aware Coaching. Child Care Aware at the Regional and District level, provides resources and tools to help individuals open a child care business. Child Care Aware also has components that offer services to Family, Friend, and Neighbor (legally non-licensed) child caregivers.

    Expenses $2,991,925 · Grants $806,963 · Revenue $110,455

  • Child Care Choices, Inc. administers the Early Learning Scholarship Program for Region 7W in Minnesota. This program is a State of Minnesota initiative to expand access to high quality early childhood education programs for children ages three to five from low-income families. These scholarships provide financial assistance for eligible families to enroll their children in high quality child care and early education programs participating in Parent Aware.

    Expenses $447,167

  • Child Care Choices, Inc. hosts a learning event each year to provide child care providers with the opportunity to receive education and training on issues affecting the child care profession. Child care providers receive creditable training hours that can be used to meet state licensing requirements. The learning event offers training on a variety of issues affecting all child care providers.

    Expenses $3,005 · Revenue $640

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Schreifels

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $30,753
    From this org
    $29,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $896
    Hours/week
    42
  • Dichelle Czech

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Signe Miller

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jesse Bowman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara McKeever

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heidi Larson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nikki Juntunen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2024
Filed
9 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621909349301632

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