Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$53,876,627

Total expenses

$52,626,234

Contributions and grants received

$53,116,891

Grants paid

$41,062,663

Program service revenue

$37,027

Investment income

$705,685

Other revenue

$17,024

Total assets, end of year

$22,653,707

Total liabilities, end of year

$12,618,420

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,035,287

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$50,671,496

Management and general expenses

$1,817,565

Fundraising expenses

$137,173

Program service expenses (Part III)

$50,671,496

Program services were 96.3% 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

• AGENDA FOR CHILDREN WAS NAMED THE LEAD ADMINISTRATOR OF ORLEANS PARISH'S NEW EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION MILLAGE FOR 2023-2028. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SPEARHEADED THE COUNTRY'S THIRD-LARGEST EXPANSION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND NUMEROUS INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REPLICATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION; INCREASING SERVICE BY OVER 160% AND REACHING OVER 2,200 CHILDREN AGES 0-3. AFC SECURED $23 MILLION IN MATCHING STATE FUNDING THROUGH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUND (ECEF) TO SUPPORT OVER 800+ ACCESSIBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SEATS FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-3. WE EMBARKED UPON A NEW CONTRACT TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL SERVICES IN 11 PARISHES, CONTINUING WORK THAT STARTED IN 1989, AND OVER 8,000 HOURS OF COACHING TO TEACHERS AND LEADERS AT 184 EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $37,504,901 · Grants $28,846,883

• AGENDA FOR CHILDREN LEAD SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING BY ADMINISTERING A WAGE ENHANCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, OFFERING UP TO $3,000 IN RETENTION BONUSES TO OVER 900 TEACHERS IN ORLEANS PARISH. THESE FUNDS ARE DERIVED FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL TAX LEVIED BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

  Expenses $4,992,999 · Grants $4,755,238

• AGENDA FOR CHILDREN SUB-GRANTED OVER $7.4M IN GRANTS TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TO SUPPORT QUALITY, FACILITIES, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION.

  Expenses $7,833,569 · Grants $7,460,542

• AGENDA FOR CHILDREN PROVIDED DIFFERENTIATED COACHING, WHICH IS HIGH QUALITY COACHING FOR CHILD CARE STAFF; GROUP TRAINING THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED BY CONTENT EXPERTS; AND ACTED AS A CENTRALIZED SOURCE OF CHILD CARE INFORMATION AND SUPPORTED FAMILIES AND THE INDUSTRY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AGENDA FOR CHILDREN AND PARTNERS PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES TO EACH CENTER PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, WHO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP EACH TEACHER WITH NOEEN CITY SEATS STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM; CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (ITERS) AND OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS (CLASS).

  Expenses $340,027 · Revenue $37,027

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

• SENTINO EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY TOO LLC

  $1,734,947

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• MCMILLIAN'S FIRST STEPS CDC

  $1,681,714

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER INC

  $1,665,688

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• CHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY NORTH

  $1,611,574

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• CUDDLY BEAR CDC

  $1,462,551

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER INC 2

  $1,432,582

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY

  $1,344,095

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• WILCOX ACADEMY SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS CORP

  $1,223,344

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• SHILOH GARDENS

  $1,187,150

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

• CHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY SOUTH

  $1,117,658

  SUBSIDIZE/ENHANCE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

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

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.

• NEW ORLEANS EARLY EDUCATION NETWORK

  501(C)(3) · IMPROVE CHILD WELL-BEING IN LOUISIANA · LA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AGENDA FOR CHILDREN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

4 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611359349310671

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