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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BEST BEGINNINGS.

Totals

Total revenue
$728,790
Total expenses
$844,931
Contributions and grants received
$823,410
Grants paid
$73,084
Program service revenue
$1,944
Investment income
$1,627
Other revenue
-$98,191
Total assets, end of year
$221,029
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,428
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$172,601
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$656,179
Management and general expenses
$157,862
Fundraising expenses
$30,890
Program service expenses (Part III)
$656,179

Program services were 77.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $79,702

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $636,913

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $106,795

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,738

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SEASONS OF ALASKA

    total $1,944 · related or exempt $1,944

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,627 · excluded $1,627

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $79,702

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $98,191

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$98,191

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $73,084 · program services $73,084

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,750 · program services $92,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $234,268 · program services $186,965 · management and general $26,918 · fundraising $20,385

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,357 · program services $2,717 · management and general $4,640

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,997 · program services $20,916 · management and general $2,495 · fundraising $1,586

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $165 · management and general $65 · fundraising $100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,280 · management and general $14,280

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,350 · management and general $1,350

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,814 · management and general $6,744 · fundraising $70

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,630 · program services $3,442 · management and general $8,608 · fundraising $580

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,596 · program services $3,891 · management and general $9,524 · fundraising $7,181

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,755 · program services $12,131 · management and general $9,620 · fundraising $4

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,706 · program services $1,953 · management and general $753

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,058 · management and general $6,058

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS AND FAMILY SERVICES

    total $320,068 · program services $255,624 · management and general $64,444

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $6,053 · program services $2,706 · management and general $2,363 · fundraising $984

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $283,730 · end of year $115,677

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $28,106 · end of year $105,177

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $175 · end of year $175

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,860

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

    $12,276

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

    $12,276

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,142 · end of year $45,441

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,987 · end of year $2,987

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,197 · end of year -$84,944

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $257,545 · end of year $257,545

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT MOBILIZES PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE ALL ALASKA CHILDREN BEGIN SCHOOL READY TO SUCCEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BEST BEGINNINGS MOBILIZIES PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE ALL ALASKA CHILDREN BEGIN SCHOOL READY TO SUCCEED. FREE, QUALITY BOOKS TO MORE THAN 18,000 CHILDREN 0-5 IN OVER 100 COMMUNITIES. PARENT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD.

  • LITERACY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT - BEST BEGINNINGS IS THE STATEWIDE SPONSOR OF IMAGINATION LIBRARY IN ALASKA AND PROVIDES TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND SOME FUNDING TO AFFILIATES IN ALASKA.

    Expenses $656,179 · Grants $73,084 · Revenue $1,944

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amie Collins

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $92,750
    From this org
    $92,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cheri Lipps

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Neisha Jones

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Falsey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Esther Pitts

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefanie O'Brien

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shanice Lawton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jena Frawner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesse Kreger

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511339349301751

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