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← CALIFORNIA HEAD START ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA HEAD START ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,466,282
Total expenses
$1,291,454
Contributions and grants received
$62,273
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,368,410
Investment income
$34,949
Other revenue
$650
Total assets, end of year
$1,860,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$223,172
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,637,743
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$989,207
Management and general expenses
$297,302
Fundraising expenses
$4,945
Program service expenses (Part III)
$989,207

Program services were 76.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $60,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,273

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Collaboration agreement

    total $22,560 · related or exempt $22,560

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Job postings

    total $600 · related or exempt $600

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Membership Dues & Assessments

    total $307,900 · related or exempt $307,900

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Sponsorships

    total $106,845 · excluded $106,845

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Training events

    total $930,505 · related or exempt $930,505

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,419 · excluded $29,419

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $637,740

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $632,210

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,530

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,530 · excluded $5,530

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $650 · excluded $650

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,379 · program services $103,377 · management and general $50,002

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $323,029 · program services $217,721 · management and general $105,308

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,672 · program services $5,845 · management and general $2,827

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,701 · program services $13,278 · management and general $6,423

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,612 · program services $25,350 · management and general $12,262

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,590 · management and general $4,590

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,810 · management and general $59,810

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,480 · management and general $2,480

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $73,250 · program services $69,928 · management and general $3,322

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,918 · program services $548 · management and general $3,370

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,538 · program services $5,857 · management and general $11,681

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,573 · program services $9,364 · management and general $5,209

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,299 · program services $14,770 · management and general $7,529

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,314 · program services $23,226 · management and general $3,088

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $512,000 · program services $492,981 · management and general $19,019

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,546 · management and general $1,546

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,503 · program services $5,962 · management and general $2,541

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $1,240 · program services $1,000 · management and general $240

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad debt

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fundraising cost allocation

    total $0 · management and general -$4,945 · fundraising $4,945

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $285,713 · end of year $233,966

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $410,222 · end of year $859,631

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,141 · end of year $40,515

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $45,505 · end of year $66,844

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,724 · end of year $35,381

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

    $19,258

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

    $18,882

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,923 · end of year $376

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $828,850 · end of year $624,202

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,255 · end of year $62,022

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $137,200 · end of year $161,150

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,425,623 · end of year $1,637,743

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We are the premier advocacy organization for Head Start agencies throughoutCalifornia. We advocate for our members at the federal, state and local county levelensuring that members speak with a unified voice about the challenges facingCalifornia's most vulnerable families, and the Head Start community that servesthem. By communicating with members, and creating opportunities for learning andconnecting, members are increasingly engaged, unified and supported as they work tobetter serve their clients and communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To be the unified voice providing leadership and advocacy for the head start community.

  • Held conferences including education conference, Health Institute, Leadership and Wellness Symposium and Manager's and Director's Institute, and Advocacy Day. Through collaboration with corporate partners, we provided data training for members and Family and Workforce Wellness programs.

    Expenses $730,753 · Revenue $953,605

  • Head Start California engages with other Early Childhood Education advocates andassociations to coordinate budgetary and policy change initiatives, and communicateswith elected legislators and state budget, education, and social service offices toensure they are aware of the value of the Federal investment that Head Start bringsto California as part of the ECE mixed delivery system in California. We advocatefor Head Start programs at both the federal and state levels.

    Expenses $118,877 · Revenue $106,845

  • We support our 124 Head Start member agencies through services that include our jobposting site and bi-annual Compensation and Benefits Study. We also provide members with information via our website and communications, as well as help connect members with each other by supporting regional meetings.

    Expenses $89,865 · Revenue $308,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melanee Cottrill

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $68,738
    From this org
    $68,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jodie Keller

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laurel Parker

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yolanda Gonzales

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Jordan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Scarborough

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Juan Cisneros

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luis Bautista

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Zamorano-Pedregon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ricardo Rivera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Godinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angel Barrios

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonia Jaramillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marissa Duran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adriana Ramirez-Barron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miriam McNamara

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Aulabaugh

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brenda Poteete

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Pettit

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Dove

    Director

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541349349309109

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