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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MORNINGSTAR LEARNING CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,069,964
Total expenses
$1,388,223
Contributions and grants received
$1,403,195
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$570,722
Investment income
$1,699
Other revenue
$94,348
Total assets, end of year
$1,957,011
Total liabilities, end of year
$181,208
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,775,803
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,288,521
Management and general expenses
$60,136
Fundraising expenses
$39,566
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,288,521

Program services were 92.8% 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)

    $490,667

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $912,528

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Pre-school revenue

    total $570,722 · related or exempt $570,722

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,699 · related or exempt $1,699

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $92,565

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $92,565 · excluded $92,565

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,783 · related or exempt $1,783

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,783

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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $895,107 · program services $895,107

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,759 · program services $15,759

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,088 · program services $62,088

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,374 · program services $73,374

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,609 · program services $8,711 · management and general $898

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,323 · program services $36,789 · management and general $534

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,060 · program services $1,060

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,157 · program services $8,157

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,967 · program services $36,967

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,826 · program services $9,826

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,246 · program services $16,246

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,488 · program services $16,488

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $63,599 · program services $63,599

  • 24b · Other expenses: Campus Expansion

    total $55,274 · management and general $55,274

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenses

    total $39,566 · fundraising $39,566

  • 24d · Other expenses: Contract Labor

    total $24,227 · program services $24,227

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,553 · program services $20,123 · management and general $3,430

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $559,589 · end of year $732,917

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $27,853 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $0

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

    $874,708

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

    $172,190

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $718,764 · end of year $702,518

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $499,526

  • 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

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $22,050

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $24,129

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $176,125 · end of year $164,639

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19,177 · end of year $16,569

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,089,275 · end of year $1,775,803

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Morningstar Learning Center's mission is to develop and connect Big Sky's young children and families by providing reliable childcare, quality early education, and supportive resources from planning through parenthood.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Morningstar Learning Center's most significant activity is providing excellent early childhood education for the young children of Big Sky. By doing so, we provide reliable childcare to their families and support our community's workforce.

  • Morningstar Learning Center is the only state-licensed provider of early childhood education in Big Sky. Birth through five are the most critical years for brain development throughout our entire lives, and Morningstar Learning Center helps students set a strong foundation with excellent programming centered on Creative Curriculum. Morningstar Learning Center invests in students by investing in teachers, providing continuing education, benefits, and housing opportunities, as well as working on better wages. Morningstar Learning Center provides need-based tuition assistance to remain affordable for working families. We have an unwavering commitment to make excellent early childhood education what every community needs to thrive, yet few are able to achieve accessible for all Big Sky families.

    Expenses $1,288,521 · Revenue $570,722

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alanah Griffith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Kissell

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maren Dunn

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Oliver

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Goode

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wes Hoecker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jodi Daily

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Holst

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allie Poalino

    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
2022
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441309349305254

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