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← MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,715,246
Total expenses
$2,797,467
Contributions and grants received
$2,776,604
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$950,986
Investment income
-$5,403
Other revenue
-$6,941
Total assets, end of year
$4,344,482
Total liabilities, end of year
$501,497
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,842,985
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,671,113
Management and general expenses
$1,126,354
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,671,113

Program services were 59.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $75,353

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $951,036

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,750,215

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,300

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE CHOICE PROGRAM P

    total $770,665 · related or exempt $770,665

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $142,671 · related or exempt $142,671

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $37,650 · related or exempt $37,650

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $5,403

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,403

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,403 · excluded -$5,403

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $75,353

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,512

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$14,512 · excluded -$14,512

  • 11a · Other revenue: TRANSPORTATION FEES

    total $4,079 · excluded $4,079

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,492 · excluded $3,492

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,571

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,755,401 · program services $1,162,960 · management and general $592,441

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,698 · program services $51,251 · management and general $48,447

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $137,806 · program services $94,519 · management and general $43,287

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,192 · management and general $67,192

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $95,071 · management and general $95,071

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,386 · program services $365 · management and general $2,021

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,679 · program services $279 · management and general $15,400

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,048 · program services $11,565 · management and general $121,483

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,665 · program services $7,860 · management and general $27,805

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,618 · program services $111 · management and general $14,507

  • 20 · Interest

    total $619 · management and general $619

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $180,156 · program services $180,156

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,172 · program services $8,365 · management and general $23,807

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT EXPENSES

    total $165,258 · program services $150,727 · management and general $14,531

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $39,089 · program services $0 · management and general $39,089

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $15,159 · program services $1,713 · management and general $13,446

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,450 · program services $1,242 · management and general $7,208

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $272,933 · end of year $1,149,432

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $37,500 · end of year $72,076

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $46,272 · end of year $58,322

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,199 · end of year $18,241

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

    $5,713,333

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

    $2,681,587

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,601,008 · end of year $3,031,746

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $22,663 · end of year $14,665

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,210 · end of year $485,060

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,159 · end of year $15,437

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,697,273 · end of year $2,941,093

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $227,933 · end of year $901,892

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ASSIST CHILDREN IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT BY (I) BUILDING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING ONE OR MORE CHILD CARE CENTERS AND SCHOOLS APPROPRIATE FOR CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND ACCREDITATION BY COGNIA TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHILDREN AGES SIX WEEKS THROUGH TWELVE YEARS, AND (II) SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING AND IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CHOSEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-WEEKS THROUGH 8 YEARS.

  • OPERATION OF TWO CHILD CARE FACILITIES SERVING APPROXIMATELY 65 CHILDREN AND OPERATION OF A SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVING APPROXIMATELY 95 CHILDREN IN K4-3RD GRADE.

    Expenses $1,671,113 · Revenue $950,986

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DENNIS J MUELLER

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER BANASZAK

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY ALWOOD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICK MCGARRY

    VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • OBY NWABUZOR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY ALLMON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT CLEVELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRA CLEVELAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY EMORY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARAH FRACEK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VICKI HERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIMBERLY JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VINCENT LYLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELISE MURN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY ROBERTSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIARA WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TAMARA JOHNSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $131,295
    From this org
    $131,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500909349301555

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