Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,142,719
- Total expenses
- $1,533,513
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,142,483
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $37
- Other revenue
- $199
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,995,284
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $887,698
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,107,586
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,245,797
- Management and general expenses
- $258,700
- Fundraising expenses
- $29,016
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,245,797
Program services were 81.2% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$182,534
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,959,949
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3 · Investment income
total $37 · related or exempt $37
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $199 · related or exempt $199
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11e · Other revenue, total
$199
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $39,093 · program services $29,469 · management and general $8,546 · fundraising $1,078
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $700,494 · program services $528,047 · management and general $153,138 · fundraising $19,309
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $7,019 · program services $5,341 · management and general $1,459 · fundraising $219
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $152,571 · program services $116,101 · management and general $31,710 · fundraising $4,760
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $38,209 · program services $28,767 · management and general $8,462 · fundraising $980
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,257 · management and general $18,257
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $189,592 · program services $172,842 · management and general $16,750
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,000 · program services $761 · management and general $208 · fundraising $31
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14 · Information technology
total $26,545 · program services $19,944 · management and general $5,878 · fundraising $723
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $20,708 · program services $15,953 · management and general $4,221 · fundraising $534
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $639 · program services $639
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23 · Insurance
total $1,524 · management and general $1,524
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24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACT
total $189,235 · program services $189,235
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24b · Other expenses: Grants to organizations
total $99,000 · program services $99,000
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24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL SERVICES
total $28,779 · program services $21,944 · management and general $5,944 · fundraising $891
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24d · Other expenses: Meeting Expense
total $8,851 · program services $6,981 · management and general $1,696 · fundraising $174
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,997 · program services $10,773 · management and general $907 · fundraising $317
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $747,811 · end of year $244,710
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,257,000 · end of year $1,165,589
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $168,733 · end of year $584,866
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,171 · end of year $119
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$40,608
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$40,608
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $639 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,555,510 · end of year $860,732
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $121,464 · end of year $26,966
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $195,275 · end of year $419,468
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $303,105 · end of year $688,118
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT, AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, FROM THE PRENATAL STAGE THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
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FOUNDATIONS: THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS TO COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF COUNTY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMISSIONS WITH THOSE OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR COLLECTIVE IMPACT, AND REDUCE DUPLICATION. THIS INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR A CONVENING DEDICATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF DEDICATED FUNDING STREAMS FOR CHILDREN.
Expenses $1,053,363
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SERVICE CORPS: THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS FIRST 5 SERVICE CORPS, FUNDED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS AMERICORPS PROGRAM. THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS AMERICORPS PROGRAM SUPPORTED AMERICORPS MEMBERS' SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM WORK IN 11 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.
Expenses $192,434
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Avo Makdessian
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $271,248
- From this org
- $39,093
- From related orgs
- $190,866
- Other
- $41,289
- Hours/week
- 6
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $39,093 + $190,866 related
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,019 + $34,270 related
- Filer's total
- $46,112 + $225,136 related
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Kitty Lopez
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Fabiola Gonzlez
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Wendy Sims-Moten
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alethea Arguilez
Advocacy Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karla Pleitez-Howell
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karen Pautz
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melody Easton
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ericka Summers
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Heidi Mendenhall
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer Cloyd
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott Waite
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julio Rodriguez
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
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
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 5b: Explanation of organization compensation based on revenues of related organization
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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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FIRST 5 ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN · CA
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511349349311211
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