Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$9,145,747

Total expenses

$7,355,178

Contributions and grants received

$8,913,712

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$203,098

Investment income

$27,187

Other revenue

$1,750

Total assets, end of year

$16,640,807

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,420,868

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$14,219,939

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,232,654

Management and general expenses

$699,158

Fundraising expenses

$423,366

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,232,654

Program services were 84.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Education: Children Nows education program aims to ensure every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities, a rigorous TK-12 education, including high-quality STEM, afterschool and summer programs, and access to affordable higher education. Through research and analysis, policy development, education and outreach, communications, convenings, and advocacy, we have worked to dismantle inequitable and racially discriminatory systems and achieved the following: ensured millions of dollars in funding commitments from the State to increase reimbursement rates for child care providers; supported significant progress towards building a transparent and student-focused education accountability system that helps ensure all children graduate from high school ready for college, career and civic life; continued to play a leadership role around the effective implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), working to ensure dollars intended for English Learners, students in poverty, and youth in foster care actually reach those students and help close achievement gaps; helped implement important revisions to the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) template to promote effective fiscal transparency; continued to promote transparent and accessible data in the development of the states longitudinal integrated data system, including support for a student growth model and higher standards for English Learner outcomes; led policy and funding advocacy to reduce the barriers to becoming a teacher that disproportionately affect teachers of color and promote diversity within the states teacher workforce; expanded the membership of the California STEM Network and engaged the Network in key STEM issues, including increasing access to STEM education and preparing new STEM teachers, early math instruction and educator professional development, afterschool programs in computer science, and high school to community college pathways in STEM; continued to lead efforts to help ensure the implementation of Next Generation Science Standards, which updated standards, accreditation and testing for teacher preparation and credentialing; and promoted substantial improvements to K-12 course access and instructional quality around math and science to increase access to higher education for all students.

  Expenses $3,005,395 · Revenue $70,172

• Health: Children Nows health program focuses on ensuring that children birth to age 26 have meaningful and equitable access to high-quality, culturally responsive, affordable health care, including physical, behavioral, and oral health care services, and other key services like home visiting and developmental screenings that are vital for Californias youngest children. Through our research, analysis, policy development, education, outreach, and advocacy efforts, we have achieved the following: led efforts to improve Medi-Cal access to and quality of care for children and families, including successfully defending against proposed cuts to Medi-Cal that support childrens access to health services, canceling premiums for hundreds of thousands of kids and adults, and supporting family advocates as they work with the State to inform Medi-Cal policy; continued our leadership efforts to promote developmental screenings and early interventions for Californias infants and toddlers by strengthening Medi-Cal compliance; secured a $30 million increase for the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program (HVP) and engaged in field research to increase overall access to home visiting programs; continued to make progress on integrating medical-dental systems in Medi-Cal; highlighted the need for culturally appropriate screening resources and for providers to adopt trauma-informed practices within a clinical setting; expanded access to trauma screenings and continued to work to maintain and increase statewide investment in trauma screenings; worked to increase state investment in school-based mental health (school-county partnerships) and mental health services for students; ensured that special funding allocations for mental health support were set aside for very young children and their families; and developed a childrens environmental health program to address health justice issues related to the environment, such as air quality and lead in drinking water at schools.

  Expenses $1,913,521 · Revenue $127,926

• Child Welfare: Children Nows child welfare program works to address the comprehensive health, education, and social service needs of children in the child welfare system. Through our research, policy development, education, and communications efforts, we have achieved the following: restored important education rights to youth on juvenile probation and in temporary emergency custody of a child welfare agency; worked with the State and counties on the effective implementation of the Family Urgent Response System (FURS), a statewide, 24/7 hotline to support foster youth and their caregivers in times of crisis; examined the impact of the pandemic on the educational experiences of students in foster care and the critical need for effective strategies and supports to address learning recovery through surveys with caregivers; expanded access to child care for parenting youth in foster care; elevated opportunities to address barriers to employment experienced by transition age youth; worked to stabilize foster youth housing by securing $34 million in the 2022-23 State Budget to expand the Transitional Housing Program and the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program to connect more youth currently or formerly in foster care to the stable housing they need; engaged with the State around additional reform efforts to better meet the health needs of children and youth in the child welfare system; continued to work to highlight barriers and develop solutions to address the disparities in K-12 educational attainment of students in foster care by elevating the importance of transparency and targeted supports in improving educational outcomes for students in foster care; and helped facilitate the California Foster Youth Education Task Force, a statewide network of child welfare and education stakeholders dedicated to improving education outcomes for Californias students in foster care.

  Expenses $925,476

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• EDWARD LEMPERT

  President

  Total calculated

  $547,435

  From this org

  $437,643

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $109,792

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $386,308

  Bonus

  $51,335

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $77,335

  Nontaxable benefits

  $32,457

  Filer's total

  $547,435

• VINCENT STEWART

  VP, POLICY & PROG

  Total calculated

  $329,308

  From this org

  $251,055

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $78,253

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $224,355

  Bonus

  $26,700

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $41,763

  Nontaxable benefits

  $36,490

  Filer's total

  $329,308

• KELLY HARDY

  SR MANAGING DIR

  Total calculated

  $299,880

  From this org

  $237,930

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $61,950

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $174,430

  Bonus

  $19,500

  Other

  $44,000

  Deferred

  $31,048

  Nontaxable benefits

  $30,902

  Filer's total

  $299,880

• STACY LEE

  SR MANAGING DIR

  Total calculated

  $254,511

  From this org

  $196,961

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $57,550

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $178,961

  Bonus

  $18,000

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $29,986

  Nontaxable benefits

  $27,564

  Filer's total

  $254,511

• SUSANNA KNIFFEN

  SR MANAGING DIR

  Total calculated

  $253,248

  From this org

  $200,697

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $52,551

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $179,397

  Bonus

  $21,300

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $33,342

  Nontaxable benefits

  $19,209

  Filer's total

  $253,248

• ROBERT MANWARING

  SR ADVISOR, ED

  Total calculated

  $235,179

  From this org

  $170,997

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $64,182

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $159,797

  Bonus

  $11,200

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  $10,307

  Nontaxable benefits

  $53,875

  Filer's total

  $235,179

• KRISTI SCHUTJER-MANCE

  COO & GENERAL COUNSEL

  Total calculated

  $153,933

  From this org

  $138,559

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $15,374

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $59,014

  Bonus

  —not reported

  Other

  $79,545

  Deferred

  $5,821

  Nontaxable benefits

  $9,553

  Filer's total

  $153,933

• JASON SALZETTI

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1.5

• BRANDON MARTINEZ-LARRAGOITI

  FINANCE COMMITT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.8

• JANE GARDNER

  CHAIR EMERITUS

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1.3

• JOHN GARCIA

  Vice Chair

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• MARK T JOHNSEN

  Treasurer

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1.5

• NANCY MURRAY

  Secretary

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

• GAY KRAUSE

  FINANCE COMMITT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DENISE MCCAIN-THARNSTROM

  AUDIT COMMITTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0.5

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

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.

• CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND

  501(C)(4) · PROMOTE & ADVOCATE CHILDREN'S WELFARE · CA

  Directly controlled by CHILDREN NOW

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343139349301304

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