LAKER PREP EARLY CHILDHOOD

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P33

Classification

1200

Street

551 11TH AVE SE

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

• LAKER PREP IS BECKER COUNTY'S LARGEST NON-PROFIT BASED CHILDCARE ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING FOR AND SERVING FAMILIES WITH HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN AGES BIRTH TO FIVE. DEVELOPED TO FILL A GAP IN YEAR-ROUND, ALL-DAY CARE, LAKER PREP STARTED IN 2011 SERVING 10 FAMILIES AND QUICKLY EXPANDED TO ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF 90 FAMILIES. FOCUSED ON SERVING THE HEART OF ITS COMMUNITY, LAKER PREP EMBRACES DIVERSE ACCESS TO ITS WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES. CURRENTLY, 27% OF CHILDREN AT LAKER PREP RECEIVE SUBSIDIES, AND 25% OF ENROLLED CHILDREN IDENTIFY AS NON-WHITE. FAMILIES CURRENTLY SERVED ARE IN MANUFACTURING, EDUCATION, TRADES, RETAIL, TOURISM, GOVERNMENT, MEDICAL AND HUMAN SERVICES FIELDS. STANDING FIRM IN THE BELIEF THAT "BIG SUCCESS STARTS SMALL," LAKER PREP STAFF AND LEADERSHIP ARE DEVOTED TO PROVIDING MULTIPLE AVENUES TO THE QUALITY PROGRAMMING THAT REARS THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIND, SUCCESSFUL, AND THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY LEADERS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ENSURE THAT CHILDREN WITH ALL LEVELS OF NEED WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND MOVE INTO KINDERGARTEN WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. TAKING A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF GROWING AND STABILIZING THE CHILDCARE INDUSTRY, LAKER PREP FOCUSES ON CHILDCARE ADVOCACY AND REFORM, ENGAGING IN REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE FORUMS, TASK FORCES, AND INITIATIVES. LAKER PREP DIRECTORS ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO MENTORING AND DEVELOPING THE NEXT COHORT OF CHILDCARE PRACTITIONERS. THEY PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO EARN A CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE AND CURRENT LAKER PREP STAFF ARE SUPPORTED AND INCENTIVISED TO SEEK ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS. INTEGRATING ITSELF IN THE NETWORK OF FAMILY FOCUSED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LAKER PREP SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND RESOURCES TO THE AREA AS A WHOLE. AS SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION INCREASES, SO TOO WILL THE OFFERINGS FOR FAMILIES AROUND THE REGION. BIG SUCCESS FOR LAKER PREP MEANS BIG SUCCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT ALL STARTS SMALL, WITH SUPPORT FROM FUNDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ALL THOSE WILLING TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE.

  Expenses $1,166,556 · Revenue $1,103,493

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

  $1,283,735

  Expenses

  $1,334,177

  Contributions

  $170,103

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,355,365

  Expenses

  $1,347,199

  Contributions

  $263,976

  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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period

1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Principal officer

Eric Rotter

Mailing address

551 11th AveDetroit Lakes MN 56501

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE

  $51,283

  2023 · AIR EXCHANGER; ECDF GRANT

• WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE

  $34,823

  2024 · ECDF GRANTS

• ST MARYS REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

  $14,975

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

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