Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$9,666,438

Total expenses

$9,676,688

Contributions and grants received

$9,663,270

Grants paid

$7,205,524

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$3,168

Total assets, end of year

$1,931,179

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,632,608

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$298,571

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,353,828

Management and general expenses

$1,322,860

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,353,828

Program services were 86.3% 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 · 2024

• TUITION ASSISTANCE:THE GOAL OF THE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS TO GIVE PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN LIVING IN IMPOVERISHED CIRCUMSTANCES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A HIGH QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOL.WITH THIS PRESCHOOL PREPARATION THE CHILDREN ARE PROJECTED TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND. THE INCREASED EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IS SEEN AS A KEY STEP IN IMPROVING THE CHILDREN'S LONG-TERM SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON FIRST HELPING THOSE CHILDREN LIVING IN FAMILIES WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND THEN PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HELPED BY(PROGRAM NARRATIVE CONTINUES IN SCHEDULE O) INCREASING THAT THRESHOLD. THE PROGRAM FUNDS ATTENDANCE AT HIGH QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOLS, WHICH ARE THOSE PRESCHOOLS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED A GOLD OR SILVER (FORMERLY 3, 4, OR 5 STAR) RATING IN THE OHIO STEP UP TO QUALITY (SUTQ) RATING SYSTEM.THE PROGRAM IS RESTRICTED TO HELPING CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 5 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE NOT YET ELIGIBLE FOR KINDERGARTEN, BUT WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ENCOMPASSED BY THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (CPS) AND WHO ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND CPS SCHOOL UNDER OHIO REV. CODE 3313.64, BUT CHOSE TO ATTEND A NON-CPS PRESCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN THE CPS BOUNDARIES. THESE NON-CPS PRESCHOOLS ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND CAN INCLUDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, OHIO GRANTS, AND EVEN PAROCHIAL AND NON-PAROCHIAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS.IN ORDER TO HELP THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN FAMILIES ARE REQUIRED TO FIRST APPLY FOR AVAILABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PRESCHOOL-RELATED FUNDING BEFORE BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TUITION ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

  Expenses $7,024,978 · Grants $6,247,922

• QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS:THE GOAL OF THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOL SEATS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CPS GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.HIGH QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOLS ARE THOSE THAT HAVE ACHIEVED A GOLD OR SILVER (FORMERLY 3, 4, OR 5 STAR) RATING IN THE OHIO STEP UP TO QUALITY (SUTQ) RATING SYSTEM. THE NEED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE HIGH QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS IN CINCINNATI WAS CHRONICLED BY A RAND CORPORATION STUDY TITLED OPTIONS FOR INVESTING IN ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL IN CINCINNATI AND PUBLISHED IN 2016.TO MEET ITS GOALS THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SERVICES, TRAINING, MATERIALS, (PROGRAM NARRATIVE CONTINUES IN SCHEDULE O)AND ADVICE NEEDED FOR PRESCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE A GOLD OR SILVER SUTQ RATING. AS WITH TUITION ASSISTANCE, THE PROGRAM IS RESTRICTED TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ENCOMPASSED BY THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

  Expenses $990,490 · Grants $671,092

• COST OF QUALITY:THE COST OF QUALITY PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AT COMMUNITY PROVIDERS BY IMPROVING LEAD TEACHER RETENTION AND TRAINING, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS.THE PROGRAM HAS TWO GRANTS MEANT TO BENEFIT TEACHERS WORKING AT COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE (TEACHER PROMISE GRANTS, TPG, AND TEACHER ADVANCEMENT STIPENDS, TAS) AND ONE GRANT FOR THOSE WORKING AT COMMUNITY PROVIDERS ELIGIBLE FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (STAFF SUPPORT FUNDS, SSF). TPG, PAYS A MONTHLY STIPEND DIRECTLY TO QUALIFYING LEAD PRESCHOOL TEACHERS WHO STAY IN THAT ROLE AT(PROGRAM NARRATIVE CONTINUES IN SCHEDULE O)THEIR CURRENT PROVIDER. TAS, FOCUSES ON ONE-TIME PAYMENTS TO LEAD PRESCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ACHIEVE CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL MILESTONES. SSF PROVIDES RESTRICTED GRANTS TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS, THE FUNDS OF WHICH MAY ONLY BE USED TO INCREASE WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING FOR THEIR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS.

  Expenses $338,360 · Grants $286,510

As filed on the 2024 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

• KRAYOLA KIDZ KLUB LLC

  $15,000

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• HOPE OFFERED TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

  $3,000

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• BMC LEARNING ACADEMY LLC

  $3,000

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• A MOTHERS LOVE 24HR CHILDCARE LLC

  $3,000

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• LOVE AND GROWN EDUCATION SERVICES

  $1,500

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• CALVARY KIDS LEARNING CENTER LLC

  $1,500

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• KJM CHILDCARE INC

  $1,500

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY, TEACHER WAGES, BENEFITS, OR TRAINING

• TINY STEPS DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC

  $0

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY

• ELEVEVATED MINDS ACADEMY INCORPORATED

  $0

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY

• ELITE EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC

  $0

  IMPROVE PRESCHOOL QUALITY

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202640929349300519

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