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← FIRST FOCUS ON CHILDREN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIRST FOCUS ON CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,924,247
Total expenses
$3,550,260
Contributions and grants received
$2,899,908
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24,339
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,117,884
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,980,105
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,137,779
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,041,982
Management and general expenses
$353,624
Fundraising expenses
$154,654
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,041,982

Program services were 85.7% 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

    $2,899,908

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,339 · excluded $24,339

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $383,051 · program services $330,123 · management and general $36,179 · fundraising $16,749

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,534,352 · program services $1,322,347 · management and general $144,917 · fundraising $67,088

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,083 · program services $44,887 · management and general $4,919 · fundraising $2,277

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $262,764 · program services $226,457 · management and general $24,818 · fundraising $11,489

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $148,884 · program services $128,312 · management and general $14,062 · fundraising $6,510

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,615 · management and general $3,615

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,760 · program services $60,151 · management and general $5,139 · fundraising $1,470

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $290,923 · program services $265,377 · management and general $19,058 · fundraising $6,488

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $330,511 · program services $276,535 · management and general $36,284 · fundraising $17,692

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $277,795 · program services $236,980 · management and general $25,647 · fundraising $15,168

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,812 · program services $35,087 · management and general $4,409 · fundraising $2,316

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,711 · program services $18,438 · management and general $2,093 · fundraising $1,180

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,741 · management and general $16,741

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,595 · program services $10,698 · management and general $1,213 · fundraising $684

  • 24a · Other expenses: Licenses

    total $83,475 · program services $69,552 · management and general $9,471 · fundraising $4,452

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other

    total $23,188 · program services $17,038 · management and general $5,059 · fundraising $1,091

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,042,175 · end of year $598,255

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,150,579 · end of year $1,174,918

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $550,000 · end of year $532,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $98,113 · end of year $3,402

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $49,528 · end of year $52,881

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

    $150,455

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

    $79,262

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,845 · end of year $71,193

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,942,054 · end of year $1,684,735

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,635 · end of year $79,392

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,067,867 · end of year $1,900,713

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,485,712 · end of year $1,559,873

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,278,080 · end of year $577,906

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Bipartisan advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions.

  • Health: First Focus works to enhancing critical childrens health programs like the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid

    Expenses $851,588

  • Advocacy: First Focus is dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions.

    Expenses $711,915

  • Poverty/Housing: First Focus advocates for federal investments like the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit which lift millions of children and families out of poverty every year.

    Expenses $578,629

  • Tax/Budget: First Focus works to make sure children and families are the priority in federal policy and budget decisions.

    Expenses $463,090

  • Early Childhood: First Focus advocates for expanding critical early childhood programs like the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and Head Start to support early childhood development in health and education.

    Expenses $247,380

  • SPARC: First Focus works with a network of over 45 state advocacy organizations to prevent child abuse and neglect because the choices made by federal policymakers shape state decisions.

    Expenses $189,380

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Lesley

    President and Director

    Total calculated
    $272,157
    From this org
    $237,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,687
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,470
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,269
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,418
    Filer's total
    $272,157

  • Messellech Looby

    Treasurer Secretary

    Total calculated
    $178,726
    From this org
    $145,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,145
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,581
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,637
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,508
    Filer's total
    $178,726

  • Michelle Dallafior

    Senior VP Budget & Tax

    Total calculated
    $143,515
    From this org
    $130,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,254
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elaine Lesstrang

    VP Health Systems and Strate

    Total calculated
    $141,078
    From this org
    $136,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,182
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michele Kayal

    VP Media and Communications

    Total calculated
    $140,673
    From this org
    $108,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,894
    Hours/week
    40

  • Leila Nimatallah

    VP International Childrens

    Total calculated
    $140,056
    From this org
    $108,132
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,924
    Hours/week
    40

  • Timothy Joseph Smith

    Vice President Digital Strat

    Total calculated
    $118,123
    From this org
    $108,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,831
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Apodaca

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael C Laracy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anthony Chapple

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dennis Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Glenn Flores

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roberto Viramontes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzanna Valdez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Payne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Governor Ronnie Musgrove

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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

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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433189349308688

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