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TRYING TOGETHER

EIN 25-6089906 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024
$5,571,748
Expenses 2024
$6,937,913

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
5604 SOLWAY STREET

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TRYING TOGETHER SUPPORTS HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO INTERACT WITH THEM.

  • CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSION IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING THE OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS ARE DIVERSE LEARNERS GROWING IN THEIR PRACTICE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND ENSURING OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND REFLECTIVE IN NATURE. THE CORE FOCUS OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS PLAY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND LEADERSHIP. IN THE PAST YEAR, TRYING TOGETHER PROVIDED 15,000 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND INNOVATIVE CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $5,577,481 · Revenue $3,852,132

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Julie Paden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jennifer Beer

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Simone Baer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dan Waltman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Todd Wolynn

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mara Lynn Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sherlyn Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Latrenda Leonard Sherrill

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Carducci

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Victoria Clavelli Lancaster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kavita Iyengar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russell Wmills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tamia L Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cara Ciminillo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $246,526
    From this org
    $200,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,897
    Filer's total
    $246,526
  • Sapotichne Janine E

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,891
    From this org
    $108,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,741
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,571,748
    Expenses
    $6,937,913
    Contributions
    $1,661,163
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,440,434
    Expenses
    $6,529,574
    Contributions
    $1,449,793
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,253,747
    Expenses
    $6,398,201
    Contributions
    $4,012,231
    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
    $7,400,473
    Expenses
    $6,764,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,442,362
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,658,576
    Expenses
    $11,863,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,628,781
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,115,286
    Expenses
    $4,489,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,751,055
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,801,050
    Expenses
    $2,533,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,012,131
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,695,803
    Expenses
    $2,504,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,800,232
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,305,485
    Expenses
    $2,041,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,598,209
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,006,299
    Expenses
    $1,584,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,310,604
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,101,897
    Expenses
    $1,765,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $937,958
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,932
    Expenses
    $1,310,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $675,479
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,318,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $683,513

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.