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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRYING TOGETHER.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,440,434
Total expenses
$6,529,574
Contributions and grants received
$1,449,793
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,905,464
Investment income
$67,693
Other revenue
$17,484
Total assets, end of year
$4,801,797
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,582
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,770,215
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,375,722
Management and general expenses
$977,655
Fundraising expenses
$176,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,375,722

Program services were 82.3% 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

    $1,449,793

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $3,773,571 · related or exempt $3,773,571

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICE

    total $131,893 · related or exempt $131,893

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67,693 · excluded $67,693

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $17,484 · related or exempt $17,484

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,484

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $370,106 · program services $286,003 · management and general $48,573 · fundraising $35,530

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,806,313 · program services $2,432,655 · management and general $300,741 · fundraising $72,917

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $796,699 · program services $684,893 · management and general $87,828 · fundraising $23,978

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $252,187 · program services $216,012 · management and general $27,791 · fundraising $8,384

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,640 · program services $5,544 · management and general $19,096

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $27,923 · fundraising $27,923

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,167,035 · program services $1,008,667 · management and general $158,368

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $124,283 · program services $82,712 · management and general $39,947 · fundraising $1,624

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $198,380 · program services $111,533 · management and general $86,847

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100,019 · program services $30,588 · management and general $69,431

  • 17 · Travel

    total $84,522 · program services $82,229 · management and general $2,287 · fundraising $6

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,196 · program services $13,625 · management and general $2,331 · fundraising $240

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,484 · program services $15,679 · management and general $19,290 · fundraising $515

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND OTHER SUPPLIE

    total $169,908 · program services $150,214 · management and general $19,586 · fundraising $108

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

    total $140,612 · program services $117,370 · management and general $22,097 · fundraising $1,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $44,835 · program services $16,861 · management and general $27,359 · fundraising $615

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $37,530 · program services $21,832 · management and general $13,756 · fundraising $1,942

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $132,902 · program services $99,305 · management and general $32,327 · fundraising $1,270

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $755,335 · end of year $365,241

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,991,128 · end of year $2,507,454

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,739,476 · end of year $1,401,337

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $427,240 · end of year $397,910

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,691 · end of year $19,857

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

    $186,030

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

    $143,050

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $49,250 · end of year $42,980

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $65,483 · end of year $55,558

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $78,206 · end of year $11,460

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $197,924 · end of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $79,530 · end of year $11,582

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $805,354 · end of year $1,338,573

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,054,001 · end of year $3,431,642

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $5,375,722 · Revenue $3,922,948

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Latrenda Leonard Sherrill

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jennifer Beer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Waltman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julie Paden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Todd Wolynn

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Andros

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane Kwon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sherlyn Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Casey Mindlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kavita Iyengar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristin Ash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christine Herring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mara Lynn Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tyra Oliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tamia L Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cara Ciminillo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $236,871
    From this org
    $194,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,621
    Filer's total
    $236,871
  • Sapotichne Janine E

    ASSOC EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $133,236
    From this org
    $108,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,086
    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
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501219349301450

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