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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS.

Totals

Total revenue
$946,235
Total expenses
$1,963,043
Contributions and grants received
$574,392
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$280,160
Investment income
$78,635
Other revenue
$13,048
Total assets, end of year
$2,918,292
Total liabilities, end of year
$111,358
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,806,934
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,358,627
Management and general expenses
$399,575
Fundraising expenses
$204,841
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,358,627

Program services were 69.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $574,392

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $175,377 · related or exempt $175,377

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $104,783 · related or exempt $104,783

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $78,635 · excluded $78,635

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,048

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,048

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,048 · excluded $13,048

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,673 · program services $52,535 · management and general $105,069 · fundraising $105,069

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $911,917 · program services $739,030 · management and general $93,951 · fundraising $78,936

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,516 · program services $19,451 · management and general $22,065

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $127,583 · program services $53,266 · management and general $65,901 · fundraising $8,416

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $85,568 · program services $61,280 · management and general $12,611 · fundraising $11,677

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $111,611 · program services $92,637 · management and general $18,974

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,261 · program services $143,536 · management and general $725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,888 · program services $33,581 · management and general $23,969 · fundraising $338

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,467 · program services $74,710 · management and general $16,757

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,639 · program services $27,639

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,010 · program services $29,010

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,437 · management and general $2,437

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,931 · management and general $12,931

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $22,438 · program services $541 · management and general $21,492 · fundraising $405

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $13,974 · program services $11,281 · management and general $2,693

  • 24c · Other expenses: INSTRUCTION MATERIALS

    total $7,391 · program services $7,391

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $2,739 · program services $2,739

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $864,345 · end of year $705,865

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,298,815 · end of year $1,615,337

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,037,500 · end of year $406,830

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $387,116 · end of year $51,130

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,768 · end of year $12,471

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

    $22,376

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

    $17,482

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,331 · end of year $4,894

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $249,603

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $112,030 · end of year $121,765

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $66,785 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $158,444 · end of year $111,358

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $55,518 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,779,831 · end of year $2,349,434

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,037,500 · end of year $457,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS BY BUILDING AUTHENTIC PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND SYSTEM LEADERS, AND THROUGH PARENT-LED ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS AND PARENT-LED ADVOCACY.

  • BUILD FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY: FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS CONTINUED TO CO-LEAD CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE (CEI 1.0 AND 2.0), CONTRIBUTING TO A STATEWIDE LEARNING COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. CEI ENGAGED OVER 1,400 PRINCIPALS, PARENTS, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT STAFF, AND STUDENTS STATEWIDE, HELPING DISTRICTS SHIFT FROM BASIC PARENT INVOLVEMENT TO AUTHENTIC FAMILY EMPOWERMENT ALIGNED WITH STATE EXPECTATIONS. FIS ALSO PROVIDED FEE-FOR-SERVICE TRAINING AND CAPACITY-BUILDING TO THREE CORE CLIENTS: LONG-TIME PARTNER LOS ANGELES UNIFIED, THE LOS ANGELES COALITION FOR EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS (LACEPS), AND NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $898,722 · Revenue $280,160

  • ACTIVATE COALITIONS: FIS FOUNDED THE READ LA! COALITION IN NOVEMBER 2024, UNITING 20+ PARTNERS AROUND THE GOAL OF HAVING 70% OF LAUSD 3RD GRADERS READING AT GRADE-LEVEL BY 2030. IN 2025, THE COALITION DEVELOPED A THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH KEY ACTIONS TOWARD REACHING ITS 2030 GOAL. FIS ALSO SERVED AS CO-LEAD IN A STATEWIDE EARLY LITERACY COALITION TO HELP PASS LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA (AB 1454) THAT ALIGNS K-5 LITERACY INSTRUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF READING. FIS LITERACY AMBASSADORS TRAVELED TO SACRAMENTO FOR "ADVOCACY DAY," HELPING ACHIEVE AB1454'S UNANIMOUS PASSAGE IN THE ASSEMBLY. FIS ALSO ADVISED LAUSD ON BEST PRACTICES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STATE'S UNIVERSAL LITERACY SCREENER LAW AND HELPED AUTHOR THE "READERS TO LEADERS" RESOLUTION.

    Expenses $245,376

  • ELEVATE FAMILY VOICE: OVER THE PAST YEAR, FIS RECRUITED, TRAINED, AND SUPPORTED 49 LITERACY AMBASSADORS, PARENTS, AND CAREGIVERS, WHO HOSTED BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENTS THAT PROMOTED LITERACY, DISTRIBUTED CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO FAMILIES, SHARED LITERACY RESOURCES AND TOOLS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY ALSO ADVOCATED FOR HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION BY OFFERING PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF A LITERACY RESOLUTION BY THE LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF READING LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL (AB 1454). FIS ALSO LAUNCHED THE READ LA! APP (BETA), GIVING FAMILIES EVIDENCE-BASED TIPS AND LITERACY RESOURCES, AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

    Expenses $214,529

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tommy Chang

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Virgil Roberts

    TREASURER (UNTIL 06/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mike Moultrie

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Manny Aceves

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeimee Estrada-Miller

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nadia Diaz Funn

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge Garrido

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alejandro Romero

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James C Bridgeforth

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mario Franco

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maryann Reyes

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yolie Flores

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $262,673
    From this org
    $237,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,819
    Hours/week
    80

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,854
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,538
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,281
    Filer's total
    $262,673

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
2024
Filed
27 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630979349300923

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