COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B27Z

Classification

1000

Street

3401 RAINIER AVE S APT A

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, DOING BUSINESS AS LAUNCH, WAS FOUNDED IN 1977 AS A WASHINGTON NONPROFIT CORPORATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN AGES 3-12. LAUNCH'S FIRST SITE OPENED AT MONTLAKE ELEMENTARY WITHIN THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SPS) SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED TO LESCHI ELEMENTARY IN 1988, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY IN 1995, AND MADRONA ELEMENTARY IN 1997, AND BROADENED ITS SCOPE IN 2000 WITH THE OPENING OF ITS FIRST PRESCHOOL AT LESCHI ELEMENTARY.(SEE ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)__IN THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, LAUNCH OPERATED ELEVEN SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS (BEFORE- AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER LEARNING) AT TEN SPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL, SOUTHEAST, AND WEST SEATTLE-BEACON HILL, HAWTHORNE, HIGHLAND PARK, KIMBALL, LESCHI, MADRONA, MAPLE, MONTLAKE, WING LUKE, AND SANISLO-AS WELL AS A PROGRAM AT ITS NEWEST LOCATION IN RENTON AT CASCADE VISTA, CO-LOCATED ON THE IMPACT PUBLIC SCHOOLS BLACK RIVER ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.DURING 2024-2025, LAUNCH OPERATED NINE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS: ONE EACH AT BEACON HILL, HIGHLAND PARK, AND CASCADE VISTA; TWO AT MADRONA; ONE AT RAINIER COMMUNITY CENTER; ONE AT DELRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER; AND TWO PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS PLUS ITS FIRST EARLY PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM AT THE MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER ANNEX. ALL SEATTLE-BASED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS PARTICIPATE IN THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, A VOTER-APPROVED CITY OF SEATTLE INITIATIVE TO MAKE VOLUNTARY, HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR ALL SEATTLE 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. LAUNCH'S FIRST OUT-OF-SEATTLE PRESCHOOL SITE IS LOCATED IN RENTON.CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY LEARNING AND CARE, LAUNCH SERVES A HIGHLY DIVERSE POPULATION. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, 59% OF ENROLLED CHILDREN IDENTIFIED AS MULTIRACIAL OR STUDENTS OF COLOR, 38% AS WHITE, AND 3% AS UNKNOWN OR UNANSWERED. ADDITIONALLY, 45% OF CHILDREN CAME FROM LOW- TO MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS; 25% PRIMARILY SPOKE A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT HOME; 5% HAD A DISABILITY OR AN IEP; AND SOME FAMILIES WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. LAUNCH FAMILIES SPOKE 29 LANGUAGES. FORTY-THREE PERCENT OF FAMILIES REPORTED HOUSEHOLD INCOMES BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND 27% RECEIVED CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES THROUGH DSHS, THE CITY OF SEATTLE, OR OTHER PROVIDERS. MOST FAMILIES RELY ON LAUNCH SERVICES WHILE WORKING OR ENROLLED IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND 47% IDENTIFIED AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS.LAUNCH OPERATES IN LINGUISTICALLY, ETHNICALLY, AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRIVES TO HIRE STAFF WHO REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. IN ADDITION TO FEE-FOR-SERVICE TUITION, LAUNCH RECEIVES FUNDING FROM FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SUBSIDIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF SEATTLE FAMILIES & EDUCATION LEVY, DSHS, KING COUNTY, AND BEST START FOR KIDS. LAUNCH ALSO PROVIDES TUITION ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAUNCH'S PROGRAMS AND ANNUAL REPORTS IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.LAUNCHLEARNING.ORG

  Expenses $6,733,459 · Revenue $7,952,115

• LAUNCH'S TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH ENABLES STUDENTS TO ATTEND LAUNCH'S PROGRAM AT A REDUCED RATE, IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED. THE AMOUNT OF TUITION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE VARIES ANNUALLY DEPENDING ON LAUNCH'S BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND DONOR SUPPORT. PRIVATE PAY TUITION IS REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NET OF THIS ASSISTANCE. TOTAL TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDED BY LAUNCH WAS $176,490 IN 2025 AND $189,001 IN 2024. IN BOTH YEARS, THERE WERE NO DONOR-RESTRICTED CONTRIBUTIONS WITH TUITION ASSISTANCE AS A PURPOSE RESTRICTION.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,278,105

  Expenses

  $8,019,394

  Contributions

  $208,547

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,980,615

  Expenses

  $8,071,473

  Contributions

  $271,896

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,606,674

  Expenses

  $8,493,388

  Contributions

  $432,433

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,204,596

  Expenses

  $7,259,427

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,222,407

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,597,893

  Expenses

  $6,201,248

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,316,606

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,165,635

  Expenses

  $5,876,610

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,660,688

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,449,013

  Expenses

  $5,656,254

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,379,932

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,319,226

  Expenses

  $5,252,461

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,577,206

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,309,655

  Expenses

  $4,679,159

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,463,178

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,611,915

  Expenses

  $4,512,654

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,819,308

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,262,138

  Expenses

  $4,076,613

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,714,093

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,044,270

  Expenses

  $3,805,574

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,468,323

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,279,366

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,161,908

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• SCHOLAR FUND

  $124,211

  2023

• SCHOOLS OUT WASHINGTON

  $74,036

  2025 · BSK

• SCHOOLS OUT WASHINGTON

  $72,871

  2023 · BSK

• SCHOOLS OUT WASHINGTON

  $70,900

  2024 · BSK

• SCHOOLS OUT WASHINGTON

  $53,117

  2022 · HONORARIUM FOR ADVISORY BOARD SERVICE, BSK

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT THE GREATER SEATTLE CHILD CARE BUSINESS COALITION'S PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $25,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2023 · CASCADE VISTA CHILDCARE PROGRAM.

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $11,099

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $10,977

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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