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← COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,955,379
Total expenses
$7,919,161
Contributions and grants received
$8,908,124
Grants paid
$1,856,779
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$65,733
Other revenue
-$18,478
Total assets, end of year
$7,094,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,645,082
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,449,529
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,184,665
Management and general expenses
$1,243,654
Fundraising expenses
$490,842
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,184,665

Program services were 78.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $64,512

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $265,204

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,114,839

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,463,569

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $337,361

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $65,733 · excluded $65,733

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,500

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

    $265,204

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,978

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$18,478 · excluded -$18,478

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,645,184 · program services $1,645,184

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $211,595 · program services $211,595

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $523,818 · program services $350,959 · management and general $115,240 · fundraising $57,619

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,484,888 · program services $1,657,077 · management and general $537,559 · fundraising $290,252

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $108,070 · program services $72,407 · management and general $23,775 · fundraising $11,888

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $307,482 · program services $206,013 · management and general $67,646 · fundraising $33,823

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $224,508 · program services $150,420 · management and general $49,392 · fundraising $24,696

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,944 · management and general $64,944

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $27,600 · fundraising $27,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $350,778 · program services $306,851 · management and general $36,378 · fundraising $7,549

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $158,346 · program services $105,438 · management and general $52,809 · fundraising $99

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $157,143 · program services $101,403 · management and general $41,623 · fundraising $14,117

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $633,130 · program services $478,854 · management and general $141,488 · fundraising $12,788

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $116,300 · program services $96,362 · management and general $15,768 · fundraising $4,170

  • 17 · Travel

    total $110,689 · program services $101,859 · management and general $8,421 · fundraising $409

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $160,209 · program services $112,584 · management and general $44,211 · fundraising $3,414

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $61,577 · program services $61,577

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,148 · program services $25,751 · management and general $6,964 · fundraising $1,433

  • 24a · Other expenses: Training consultants

    total $478,529 · program services $473,389 · management and general $5,140

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership dues

    total $29,597 · program services $15,681 · management and general $13,155 · fundraising $761

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staff development

    total $22,126 · program services $11,261 · management and general $10,641 · fundraising $224

  • 24d · Other expenses: Public relations

    total $8,500 · management and general $8,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,019,098 · end of year $1,367,033

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $922,413 · end of year $2,850,311

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,400,699 · end of year $1,365,309

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,073

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $115,267 · end of year $198,463

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

    $1,034,436

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

    $159,452

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $302,281 · end of year $874,984

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $368,314 · end of year $437,191

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,976 · end of year $1,320

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $709,107 · end of year $1,473,568

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $89,721 · end of year $171,514

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,859 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $877,086 · end of year $3,755,636

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,467,348 · end of year $1,693,893

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To build resources for early chilhood education in the region.

  • Provider Engagement programs support and develop child care and early education professionals through one-on-one consulting, training and mentoring, materials and equipment, scholarships for professional development conferences, and wage enhancement programs to reward teachers for obtaining higher educational credentials.

    Expenses $3,434,558 · Grants $1,765,458

  • Community Engagement programs participate in partnerships to promote healthy child development and strengthen laws and regulations impacting young children. Early childhood education is promoted as a high priority public policy issue in our region which needs the adequate support necessary to deliver quality programs for parents, children, and teachers.

    Expenses $1,829,150 · Grants $59,965

  • Family Engagement programs provide families with information, resources and support to launch their children toward academic and life success by providing parent education classes, one-on-one parent coaching, and referrals for early education programs, after-school programs, as well as programs that have received training on meeting the needs of children with different abilities.

    Expenses $920,957 · Grants $31,356

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Allison Falender

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jennifer Klein Strauss

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dreanna Belden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Brown

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michol Ecklund

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Gomez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Hensman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Horton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L'Sheryl Hudson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hollie Kleitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Lowther

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Khambrel Marshall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Mercado

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Roland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie K Sanders

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Schwartzel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra Saldana Sharp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caren Sweetland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Yardley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melianie J Johnson

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $347,676
    From this org
    $318,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,626
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,117
    Bonus
    $53,933
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,298
    Filer's total
    $347,676
  • Alisa Ealy

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $176,142
    From this org
    $157,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,482
    Bonus
    $14,215
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,803
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,642
    Filer's total
    $176,142
  • Belinda Munsell

    Chief Dev Officer

    Total calculated
    $172,683
    From this org
    $154,178
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,963
    Bonus
    $14,215
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,913
    Filer's total
    $172,683
  • Susan Kennedy

    Chief HR Officer

    Total calculated
    $155,832
    From this org
    $137,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,241
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,376
    Bonus
    $14,215
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,628
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,613
    Filer's total
    $155,832
  • Chase Murphy

    Marketing and Comm Manager

    Total calculated
    $110,494
    From this org
    $104,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,077
    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part II, Bonus & incentive compensation
The Board of Directors Human Resources Committee recommends the base and incentive pay based on market analysis for the following year. The Executive Committee reviews the recommendations and determines compensation. Incentive compensation is paid in the year performance goals have been met.

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

  • Academic Romper Room 2

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Academic Romper Room LLC

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Adorable Babies #1

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Equipment and incentives

  • Alpha Academy 3

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Amazing Kid'z Christian Academy

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Artistic Minds Early Learning Academy LLC

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Blessing Academy ECC

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Blooming Daisies Learning Center

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

  • Brentwood Children's Academy

    $0

    Equipment and incentives

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402489349300700

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