Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,376,736

Total expenses

$2,389,453

Contributions and grants received

$817,498

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,556,383

Investment income

$1,865

Other revenue

$990

Total assets, end of year

$6,218,805

Total liabilities, end of year

$66,744

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,152,061

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,033,440

Management and general expenses

$328,154

Fundraising expenses

$27,859

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,033,440

Program services were 85.1% 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

• E3: ELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION + THE NEW E3 SCHOOL RAISE AWARENESS, ADVOCATE + CREATE INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES TO GIVE CHILDREN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS.IN 2011, E3 SET OUT TO MAKE EARLY EDUCATION A PRIORITY + INCREASE STATE INVESTMENT ALONG WITH OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS. E3'S AWARENESS, ADVOCACY + INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES LED TO INCREASED PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENT ($198M+ AND $37M+) AND TRANSFORMATIONAL POLICY CHANGE. NOW, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS ACROSS VIRGINIA.NOW WE ARE TACKLING THE READING CRISIS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS VIRGINIA.AS PART OF E3'S FIVE- YEAR ACTION PLAN, 24 LISTENING SESSIONS WERE CONVENED ACROSS THE STATE AND WE HEARD FROM BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, PARENTS, PHILANTHROPISTS, PRINCIPALS, CURRENT AND RETIRED TEACHERS, READING SPECIALISTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND HIGHER EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THEY WERE FACING. A SUPERINTENDENT'S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE E3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS KICKED OFF THE 2023 LISTENING SESSIONS.THE STAKEHOLDERS WERE FROM AREAS ACROSS VIRGINIA(CHARLOTTESVILLE, LYNCHBURG, NORFOLK, NORTHERN VIRGINIA, RICHMOND, ROANOKE AND VIRGINIA BEACH). THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM STAKEHOLDERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE ALARMING DATA TELLING US THAT OVER 50% OF THIRD GRADERS CANNOT READ PROFICIENTLY. THESE LITERACY INITIATIVES WERE IDENTIFIED BY STAKEHOLDERS AS PRIORITY AREAS FOR OUR WORK: LAUNCH AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, GROW DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL) TO GET MORE QUALITY BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF ALL CHILDREN, REACH FAMILIES WITH ACTIVITIES AND TIPS TO HELP CHILDREN AT HOME, CREATE INNOVATION AND IMPACT PILOTS TO IMPLEMENT THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND DEVELOP AN EARLY LITERACY CURRICULUM AT THE NEW E3 SCHOOL TO BE REPLICATED IN OTHER EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE.E3'S LITERACY INITIATIVES:10+ THE RIGHT TO READ DOCUMENTARY SCREENING EVENTS WERE CURATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC MEDIA, PHILANTHROPISTS, POLICYMAKERS, SCHOOL DIVISIONS, LIBRARIES, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UVA AND OTHERS. THESE EVENTS ASSEMBLED AN EXPERT PANEL TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND THE READING CRISIS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND BUILD A COALITION OF SUPPORTERS.RAISED AWARENESS AROUND THAT ALARMING DATA AND THE FACT THAT VIRGINIA MUST BUILD, IMPLEMENT, AND INVEST IN LITERACY INITIATIVES AND THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT YEAR AFTER YEAR TO HELP MORE CHILDREN READ BY THIRD GRADE. OTHER STATES LIKE LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, AND TENNESSEE HAVE TAKEN A BACK-TO-BASICS APPROACH, INVESTED YEAR AFTER YEAR AND HAVE MORE CHILDREN READING PROFICIENTLY BY THIRD GRADE. BUILT A COALITION OF OVER 6,000 SUPPORTERS. PROVIDED FAMILIES WITH EARLY LITERACY TIPS, ACTIVITIES + READ ALOUD MATERIALS, AND RESOURCES TO IMPROVE LITERACY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA.RAISED OVER $2.5M IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OVER 100 CHILDREN FROM LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES TO ATTEND THE NEW E3 SCHOOL.ADVOCATED FOR THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT(VLA) AND LITERACY INITIATIVES TO HELP CHILDREN, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS. LEGISLATION PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. OVER $31M+ SECURED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VLA AND LITERACY INITIATIVES.ADVOCATED FOR THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL) OF VIRGINIA BILL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION, LOCAL PARTNERS, AND MANY OTHERS. LEGISLATION PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO GROW DPIL'S BOOK GIFTING PROGRAM TO REACH MORE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS VIRGINIA. APPOINTED BY THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION TO BE THE FUTURE STATE PARTNER, E3 WILL PROMOTE, GROW, AND SUSTAIN DPIL THROUGH A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE LEGISLATURE AND LOCAL PARTNERS. IT IS A SHARED PUBLIC-PRIVATE FUNDING MODEL. OVER 65,000 (14%) FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BIRTH TO AGE FIVE ARE RECEIVING AGE-APPROPRIATE, QUALITY BOOKS THROUGH THE DPIL BOOK GIFTING PROGRAM TO IGNITE A LOVE OF READING IN YOUNG CHILDREN.ADVANCED THE EXPANSION OF OUR SCHOOL'S STREAMIN3 MODEL DEVELOPED BY UVA IN THE NEW E3 SCHOOL. OVER 4,000 CLASSROOMS USE THE MODEL ACROSS THE STATE.OVER NINE YEARS AGO, THE NEW E3 SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE PARK PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA WAS CREATED BY E3 FOR CHILDREN AGES ONE TO FIVE. E3 WORKED WITH THE CITY OF NORFOLK, THE YMCA, BUSINESS, CIVIC AND PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS TO CREATE A PROTOTYPE MIXED-INCOME MODEL SCHOOL TO DRIVE AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, INNOVATION AND IMPACT FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE REGION AND STATE. IT IS A "SHOW AND TELL" MODEL THAT LED TO BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, POLICY CHANGE AND INCREASED STATE INVESTMENT TO ENSURE MORE CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY PROGRAMS.WE HAVE PROVEN YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT WHEN CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN READY WITH THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO THRIVE. E3 FUNDED AND PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE STREAMIN3 CURRICULUM IN OUR SCHOOL. ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL WAS TO ENSURE THE MODEL WAS REPLICATED AND SCALED TO IMPACT EVEN MORE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND PROGRAMS. E3 RAISED AWARENESS AND ADVOCATED FOR THE CURRICULUM TO BE ADOPTED AND AVAILABLE THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. E3 + THE NEW E3 SCHOOL PROVIDED EXPERT CONSULTATION TO HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CREATE PROGRAMS IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.THE NEW E3 SCHOOL'S SPRING 2023 QUALITY, LITERACY + READINESS REPORT PREPARED BY UVA TELLS US:TEACHERS ARE ENGAGED IN HIGH-QUALITY INTERACTIONS WITH CHILDREN.THE QUALITY IS CONSISTENT AND STRONG IN ALL CLASSROOMS.CLASS SCORES EXCEED THOSE FROM PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN VIRGINIA.MOST THREE-AND-FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING BENCHMARKS IN MATH, SOCIAL SKILLS AND SELF-REGULATION.MORE THREE-AND-FOUR-YEAR-OLDS NEED SUPPORT IN LITERACY.THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN MORE CHILDREN FROM ALL ZIP CODES NOT MEETING LITERACY BENCHMARKS. WE TEAMED UP WITH LITERACY EXPERTS TO ADDRESS THE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY GAPS.THE IMPACT:OVER 1,000 CHILDREN IMPACTED.100+ CHILDREN RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS.OVER $2.5M IN PRIVATE DOLLARS RAISED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND PROGRAMS IMPACTED IN THE REGION AND STATE.

  Expenses $2,033,440 · Revenue $1,557,373

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. 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION ACTION FUND

  501C4 · EDUCATION · VA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

7 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202412209349300136

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