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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BABY UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$850,681
Total expenses
$1,049,727
Contributions and grants received
$834,154
Grants paid
$59,352
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,357
Other revenue
$10,170
Total assets, end of year
$505,993
Total liabilities, end of year
$257,426
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$248,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$983,995
Management and general expenses
$58,899
Fundraising expenses
$6,833
Program service expenses (Part III)
$983,995

Program services were 93.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $78,071

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $756,083

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,357 · excluded $6,357

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,250

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,080

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,170 · excluded $10,170

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $59,352 · program services $59,352

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,000 · program services $59,500 · management and general $10,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $630,475 · program services $630,475

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,655 · program services $1,406 · management and general $249

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,203 · program services $52,873 · management and general $9,330

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $963 · management and general $963

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,724 · management and general $11,724

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,201 · management and general $1,201

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,833 · fundraising $6,833

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,037 · program services $45,994 · management and general $9,043

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,185 · program services $11,207 · management and general $1,978

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $65,952 · program services $56,061 · management and general $9,891

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,652 · program services $2,652

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,368 · program services $1,163 · management and general $205

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,175 · program services $3,340 · management and general $835

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCENTIVES

    total $18,216 · program services $18,216

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $13,888 · program services $11,805 · management and general $2,083

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $11,483 · program services $11,024 · management and general $459

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $7,905 · program services $7,905

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,460 · program services $11,022 · management and general $438

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,200 · end of year $126,418

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,631

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $127,137 · end of year $241,957

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

    $9,166

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

    $2,439

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,095 · end of year $6,727

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $126,430

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $191,408 · end of year $2,830

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,393 · end of year $242,784

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,884 · end of year $14,642

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $431,563 · end of year $248,567

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EQUIP PARENTS FOR THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN THEIR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION, EMPOWERING THEIR JOURNEY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY FROM CRADLE TO PURPOSE.

  • MOSAIC EARLY LEARNING CENTER PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-5 IN TOLEDO'S OLD SOUTH END. IT'S AIM IS FOR EVERY CHILD TO BE KINDERGARTEN READY AND FOR EVERY CHILD IN THE OLD SOUTH END TO HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL OR CHILDCARE PROGRAM. WE DO THIS BY RAISING MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR STATE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES. IN 2023, 8 CHILDREN RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND PRESCHOOL AND 90% OF 5 YEAR OLDS TESTED READY FOR KINDERGARTEN VS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AVERAGE OF JUST 16%.THE MOSAIC EARLY LEARNING CENTER PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS QUALIFY FOR STATE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES AND RAISES PRIVATE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DO NOT QUALIFY.

    Expenses $449,554

  • BABY UNIVERSITY'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO EDUCATE LOW INCOME PARENTS ON BEST PARENTING PRACTICES. THE BABY U CLASS USES THE EVIDENCE BASED NURTURING PARENT CURRICULUM TO EDUCATE LOW INCOME PARENTS IN PARENTING BEST PRACTICES WHILE CONNECTING THEM TO MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THE GRADUATE CLASS OFFERS BABY U GRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN FOR FURTHER EDUCATION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY, PARENTING SKILL AND BUILDING RESOURCES TO GET OUT OF POVERTY. THEY INCREASE THEIR PARENTING SKILLS BY 40% IN PRE AND POST TESTING. BABY UNIVERSITY CONNECTS FAMILIES TO IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY SOCIAL SERVICES. 100% OF BABY U GRADUATES HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO SOME KIND OF SOCIAL SERVICE WITH AT LEAST 3 ONE ON ONE HOME VISITS.

    Expenses $187,055 · Grants $59,352

  • BABY UNIVERSITY INCREASES FAMILY LITERACY VIA READING WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDING BOOKS FOR HOME LIBRARY. 90% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORT NEVER READING TO THEIR CHILDREN PRIOR TO ATTENDING, AND AFTER ATTENDING 89% ARE READING TO THEIR CHILDREN MORE THAN 6 TIMES PER WEEK.

    Expenses $187,054

  • BABY UNIVERSITY CONNECTS FAMILIES TO IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY SOCIAL SERVICES. 100% OF BABY U GRADUATES HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO SOME KIND OF SOCIAL SERVICE WITH AT LEAST 3 ONE ON ONE HOME VISITS.

    Expenses $160,332

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelly Kaiser

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Frank Echelmyer

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Belinda Costin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ann Rody

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Siefke

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pete Allesee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacey Hudak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Kaiser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carmen Kruse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Salatin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emilie Vassar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MOSAIC EARLY LEARNING CENTER OF SOUTH TOLEDO

    PRESCHOOL · OH · income -$144,118 · assets $75,068

    Directly controlled by BABY UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349304420

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