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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TRYING TOGETHER.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,571,748
Total expenses
$6,937,913
Contributions and grants received
$1,661,163
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,836,618
Investment income
$58,453
Other revenue
$15,514
Total assets, end of year
$3,791,371
Total liabilities, end of year
$387,321
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,404,050
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,577,481
Management and general expenses
$1,162,322
Fundraising expenses
$198,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,577,481

Program services were 80.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,661,163

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $3,693,304 · related or exempt $3,693,304

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $143,314 · related or exempt $143,314

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,453 · excluded $58,453

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $15,514 · related or exempt $15,514

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,514

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $379,417 · program services $293,499 · management and general $48,939 · fundraising $36,979

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,220,038 · program services $2,715,582 · management and general $431,058 · fundraising $73,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $904,197 · program services $762,835 · management and general $119,473 · fundraising $21,889

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $278,164 · program services $233,000 · management and general $36,863 · fundraising $8,301

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,848 · management and general $26,848

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $27,915 · management and general $4,710 · fundraising $23,205

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $769,673 · program services $633,411 · management and general $134,348 · fundraising $1,914

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $293,782 · program services $255,607 · management and general $32,100 · fundraising $6,075

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $272,675 · program services $169,802 · management and general $97,054 · fundraising $5,819

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $117,061 · program services $34,267 · management and general $81,517 · fundraising $1,277

  • 17 · Travel

    total $80,762 · program services $71,176 · management and general $7,337 · fundraising $2,249

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,202 · management and general $20,202

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,984 · program services $12,390 · management and general $9,149 · fundraising $445

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND OTHER SUPPLIE

    total $209,507 · program services $182,973 · management and general $26,513 · fundraising $21

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS, FOOD AND BEVERAG

    total $155,173 · program services $106,426 · management and general $47,585 · fundraising $1,162

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $33,008 · program services $20,008 · fundraising $13,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $27,583 · program services $27,103 · management and general $480

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $99,924 · program services $59,402 · management and general $38,146 · fundraising $2,376

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $365,241 · end of year $332,278

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,507,454 · end of year $1,434,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,401,337 · end of year $736,660

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $397,910 · end of year $816,455

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,857 · end of year $18,057

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

    $278,102

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

    $154,154

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $42,980 · end of year $123,948

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $55,558 · end of year $46,460

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,460 · end of year $283,322

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $94,924

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,075

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,582 · end of year $283,322

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,338,573 · end of year $1,402,642

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,431,642 · end of year $2,001,408

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TRYING TOGETHER SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO INTERACT WITH THEM.

  • CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSION IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING THE OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS ARE DIVERSE LEARNERS GROWING IN THEIR PRACTICE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND ENSURING OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND REFLECTIVE IN NATURE. THE CORE FOCUS OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS PLAY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND LEADERSHIP. IN THE PAST YEAR, TRYING TOGETHER PROVIDED 15,000 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND INNOVATIVE CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $5,577,481 · Revenue $3,852,132

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Paden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jennifer Beer

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Simone Baer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Waltman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Todd Wolynn

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mara Lynn Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sherlyn Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Latrenda Leonard Sherrill

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angela Carducci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victoria Clavelli Lancaster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kavita Iyengar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russell Wmills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamia L Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cara Ciminillo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $246,526
    From this org
    $200,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,897
    Filer's total
    $246,526

  • Sapotichne Janine E

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,891
    From this org
    $108,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,741
    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 · 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
2024
Filed
15 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503529349301100

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