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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,890,155
Total expenses
$1,830,224
Contributions and grants received
$1,801,395
Grants paid
$514,946
Program service revenue
$34,019
Investment income
$54,480
Other revenue
$261
Total assets, end of year
$1,703,032
Total liabilities, end of year
$103,461
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,599,571
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,416,658
Management and general expenses
$388,192
Fundraising expenses
$25,374
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,416,658

Program services were 77.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $16,667

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $879,903

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $904,825

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ENRICHMENT FEES & TUIT

    total $34,019 · related or exempt $34,019

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,155 · excluded $29,155

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $25,325

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $25,325

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $25,325 · excluded $25,325

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $261 · related or exempt $261

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $261

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $504,345 · program services $504,345

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,601 · program services $10,601

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,958 · management and general $79,014 · fundraising $13,944

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $503,255 · program services $377,442 · management and general $125,813

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,175 · program services $2,058 · management and general $1,117

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $84,784 · program services $54,959 · management and general $29,825

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,010 · program services $29,127 · management and general $15,807 · fundraising $1,076

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,866 · management and general $59,866

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $259,990 · program services $253,191 · management and general $6,799

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,807 · fundraising $5,807

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,322 · program services $19,828 · management and general $10,762 · fundraising $732

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,849 · program services $6,235 · management and general $3,384 · fundraising $230

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $84,895 · program services $53,744 · management and general $29,166 · fundraising $1,985

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,948 · program services $13,894 · management and general $7,541 · fundraising $513

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $41,489 · program services $41,489

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,125 · management and general $3,125

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,072 · program services $14,606 · management and general $7,926 · fundraising $540

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,079 · program services $8,913 · management and general $4,837 · fundraising $329

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $16,382 · program services $16,382

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,343 · program services $5,915 · management and general $3,210 · fundraising $218

  • 24c · Other expenses: PARENT RELATIONS

    total $2,666 · program services $2,666

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIUM

    total $1,263 · program services $1,263

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $73,315 · end of year $184,135

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,469,076 · end of year $1,433,989

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

    $173,379

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

    $89,517

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,041 · end of year $83,862

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53 · end of year $1,046

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,756 · end of year $38,521

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $32,089 · end of year $26,330

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $38,610

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $387,128 · end of year $228,306

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,152,512 · end of year $1,371,265

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INCREASE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS' (HOME AND CENTER) AND PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHILDREN BY WORKING WITH THE ADULTS WHO AFFECT THEIR LIVES.

  • EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADULTS WHO CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IN HOMES, CHILD CARE CENTERS, PRESCHOOLS, AND HEAD START PROGRAMS. IN 2024 EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS IMPACTED 1,042 INDIVIDUAL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS THROUGH TRAINING OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. EARLY CHILDHOOD CONNECTIONS PROVIDED 854 HOURS OF EDUCATION THROUGH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE CLASSES FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024. MANY PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED MORE THAN ONE CLASS.

    Expenses $912,313 · Grants $10,601 · Revenue $34,280

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $504,345 · Grants $504,345

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sharon Kallemeyn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcia Barnes

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Duhamel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Stracqualursi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Autumn Gregory

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,958
    From this org
    $89,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,342
    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.

Grants on this return

  • YMCA RAPID CITY

    $253,251

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • ST ELIZABETH SETON PRESCHOOL

    $56,913

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • EVERY CHILD IS SPECIAL CHILDCARE

    $53,735

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • BANANA BUNCH CHILD CARE

    $51,123

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • OPEN BIBLE CHRISTIAN CENTER

    $41,274

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • KYRA'S KIDDOS

    $19,994

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • LIL FRIENDS LEARNING CENTER

    $16,439

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • DREAM KIDS PRESCHOOL & CHILD CARE CENTER

    $11,516

    FOR EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STARTING STRONG PROGRAM AND FOR PROGRAM QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543009349301629

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