Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$441,831

Total expenses

$307,410

Contributions and grants received

$441,831

Grants paid

$222,292

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$346,511

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$346,511

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$290,106

Management and general expenses

$17,304

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$290,106

Program services were 94.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SEE SCHEDULE OTHE GEORGIA FOUNDATION FOR EARLY CARE + LEARNING MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION TO HELP ENSURE ALL CHILDREN IN GEORGIA ARE PREPARED TO SUCCEED WHEN THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN REGARDLESS OF FAMILY INCOME OR LOCATION. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS EDUCATION EXCELLENCE BY PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION INDUSTRY AND STAKEHOLDERS. SINCE 2017, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECOGNIZED GEORGIA'S PRE-K TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FROM PRIVATE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN 2021, WE BEGAN RECOGNIZING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS OF THE YEAR. SO, IN THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR, WE AWARDED WINNERS IN THE FOLLOWING FIVE CATEGORIES: INFANT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, TODDLER EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, PRESCHOOL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, GEORGIA PRE-K TEACHER OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE SCHOOL CATEGORY), AND GEORGIA PRE-K TEACHER OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC SCHOOL CATEGORY). AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE FOUNDATION IDENTIFIED A DIVERSE GROUP OF EDUCATORS WHO HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG CHILDREN. BY HIGHLIGHTING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, WE HAVE NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT OF THESE EDUCATORS BUT ALSO INSPIRED OTHERS IN THE FIELD TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.THIS YEAR, WE ALSO CELEBRATED AND HIGHLIGHTED THE SUCCESSES OF QUALITY RATED PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE. IN FY24, THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED $362,500 THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AT THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA (UWGA) TO SUPPORT QUALITY RATED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AS THEY PARTICIPATED IN TWO PILOT ENDORSEMENTS ONE FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE AND LITERACY AND THE OTHER FOCUSED ON NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

  Expenses $290,106 · Grants $222,292

As filed on the 2023 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.

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

• GA EARLY EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR READY STUDENTS

  $21,014

  EARLY EDUCATION SUPPORT

• GA DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CARE AND LEARNING

  $11,096

  EARLY EDUCATION SUPPORT

• MEADOWDALE LEARNING CENTERS

  $9,000

  EARLY EDUCATION SUPPORT

• MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

  $5,532

  EARLY EDUCATION SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521359349309107

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