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FIRST UP

EIN 23-6438144 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2023
$5,338,275
Expenses 2023
$5,081,445

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P30
Classification
2000
Street
1608 WALNUT ST STE 300

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 · 2023

Mission

WE EMPOWER AND EQUIP EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS, FAMILIES, AND OTHER ADULTS INFLUENTIAL IN YOUNG CHILDREN'S LIVES THROUGH TRAINING, COACHING AND ADVOCATING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER AND EQUIP ADULTS INFLUENTIAL IN YOUNG CHILDREN'S LIVES TO POSITIVELY IMPACT EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

  • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - FIRST UP PROVIDES TRAINING AND COACHING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR SERVICES. SINCE 1995, FIRST UP HAS ASSISTED OVER 400 CHILD CENTERS AND FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES IN REACHING STATE (KEYSTONE STARS) OR NATIONAL ACCREDITATION (NAEYC OR NAFCC) STANDARDS. FIRST UP ALSO OFFERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CREDIT BEARING COURSE WORK FOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING TO UPGRADE THEIR PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS.

    Expenses $3,208,210 · Grants $131,450 · Revenue $251,789

  • PUBLIC POLICY - FIRST UP WORKS TO EXPAND PENNSYLVANIA'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY CHILD CARE INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE AT RISK FROM THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY. FIRST UP BUILDS CAPACITY AMONG CHILD CARE STAFF FOR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY AND BUILDS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION.

    Expenses $628,535 · Grants $9,666

  • Annual Conference - For more than 30 years, First Up has sponsored a professional development conference for the Early Childhood Community in the region. The conference includes presentations by local and national experts in early childhood education. With over 400 attendees, early childhood practitioners can earn P Act 48, PA Keys, Keystone Stars and Social Work credits by attending the conference.

    Expenses $20,354

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Carol Austin

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $152,774
    From this org
    $134,438
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,336
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,438
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,514
    Filer's total
    $152,774

  • Michelle Taglialetela

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Michael Cianchetta

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Brian Miner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Kevin Cafferky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Jaime Lokoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Cherie Crosby-Weeks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Terrell Grier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Maddy Rovinsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Donald Wargo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Robyn Younger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Deb Green

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Antonia Singleton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Richard Marks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Zakiyyah Boone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Carol Wong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Cindy Dumont

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • James Plummer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Tiffany Bias

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,338,275
    Expenses
    $5,081,445
    Contributions
    $4,850,686
    Grants paid
    $141,116
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,407,605
    Expenses
    $5,114,582
    Contributions
    $9,044,014
    Grants paid
    $269,500

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
    $6,412,446
    Expenses
    $4,497,369
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,473,150

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,623,560
    Expenses
    $4,408,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,270,692

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,938,676
    Expenses
    $3,902,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,851,533

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,059,907
    Expenses
    $3,031,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,291,988

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,195,599
    Expenses
    $2,655,093
    Assets (EOY)
    $760,776

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,286,192
    Expenses
    $2,696,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,219,557

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,424,256
    Expenses
    $2,568,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $668,744

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,233,491
    Expenses
    $2,427,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $797,893

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,174,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,031,032

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,002,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,184,640

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

  • GREATER HOPE MINISTRIES INC

    $55,000

    2022 EITC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT CHILD'S TUITION EXPENSE BASED ON FINANCIAL CRITERIA

  • CHILDREN'S VILLAGE CHILD CARE

    $35,000

    2022 EITC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT CHILD'S TUITION EXPENSE BASED ON FINANCIAL CRITERIA

  • FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES

    $35,000

    2022 EITC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT CHILD'S TUITION EXPENSE BASED ON FINANCIAL CRITERIA

  • WONDERSPRING EARLY EDUCATION

    $15,000

    2022 EITC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT CHILD'S TUITION EXPENSE BASED ON FINANCIAL CRITERIA

  • Hasan's Interactive Learning Center

    $6,000

    2023 EQUIP / PIF

Where these grants went next →

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.