BRIGHTSPARK EARLY LEARNING SERVICES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P33L

Classification

1000

Street

555 S RENTON VILLAGE PL

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

• A young child, even an infant, is learning every moment of every day. A babys brain grows to 90% of its adult size during the first 3 years of life. Young children learn through observing and exploring their world, by using their senses, and most importantly, in nurturing relationships with their caregivers. We partner with families with young children to help them find and access high quality early learning programs and resources offered statewide. We also partner with early learning teachers who provide high quality care for all children in King and Pierce Counties. BrightSpark helps families find childcare that supports a child's unique needs, thefamilys values, and culture, and fits their work or other activities. Parents have many options for care, including care by a family member, care in the home by a family friend or nanny, licensed childcare, private preschools and Head Start or ECEAP. Staff at BrightSpark talk with the family about their needs and wishes for care; explain what quality care looks like, and then help in the childcare search. If the choice is licensed childcare, BrightSpark provides a customized list of options. Licensed childcare is expensive, so we help families find resources to pay for care. Children who get safe, nurturing play and learning experiences are ready for school; those who dont are most often the ones who start behind and stay behind. In fact, 55% of children in WASHINGTON are not prepared to enter kindergarten and the percentage rises to 75% among low-income children. Based in King and Pierce Counties, Washington working locally and state-wide, BrightSpark helps build quality childcare and early learning access for all children. BrightSpark is a respected leader in forging and honoring collaborations and building innovative, nimble, outcome driven programs focused on building solid learning foundations for all children.

  Expenses $35,113,053 · Grants $19,742,019 · Revenue $501,999

• Working with Families: Since 1990, BrightSpark has served over 200,000 families. BrightSpark has direct contact with families of all income levels and works with all types of childcare providers as well as informal caregivers. A strong partner with non-profits, government, foundations, businesses, and individuals, BrightSpark raises awareness about early learning, promotes best practices, and advocates for increased investments to ensure quality. BrightSpark empowers families to make the best possible choices for their childrens care. For FY 23-24, BrightSpark made a significant impact:- BrightSpark provided information and referral and subsidy support to 3,981 families.- 512 families experiencing homelessness were provided subsidy and service coordination.- 1,044 families from King and Pierce Counties received a subsidy from BrightSpark.- BrightSpark offers services in the familys home language, helps families find culturally relevant care, assists families that need weekend or after-hours care,or care for children with special needs, as well as afterschool care.- More than 7,417 FFN caregivers and parents participated in BrightSparksupported Kaleidoscope Play & Learn groups statewide. More than 44% spoke a language other than English at home. Our coaches and trainers supported over 2,000 childcare professionals in their pathway to high quality.- 47 childcare programs benefited from the expertise of an Infant/Toddler coach,improving the quality of care given to our youngest learners.- Our coaches supported the quality improvement of over 2,000 licensed childcare providers in King and Pierce counties.

• BrightSpark is committed to providing access to high quality learning for children in King and Pierce Counties. We do this through a number of core programs: coaching and training of early learning professionals, hosting the states no-cost call center for all things early learning, and raising and administering funds that enable families to afford high quality early learning. Research demonstrates that access to high quality early learning is a key preventative measure resulting in public savings ($1 invested saves $7 later on), maintains our workforce and builds bright, resilient children ready for Kindergarten.

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.

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

  $38,824,293

  Expenses

  $38,627,261

  Contributions

  $38,285,784

  Grants paid

  $19,742,019

• 2022

  Revenue

  $26,439,891

  Expenses

  $26,784,812

  Contributions

  $25,999,488

  Grants paid

  $9,655,679

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

  $25,941,266

  Expenses

  $26,431,225

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,583,160

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,619,295

  Expenses

  $26,209,104

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,883,835

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,154,883

  Expenses

  $12,890,084

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,281,230

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,212,018

  Expenses

  $12,179,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,619,075

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,538,962

  Expenses

  $11,522,487

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,562,523

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,710,997

  Expenses

  $10,818,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,366,122

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,583,218

  Expenses

  $8,152,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,362,824

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,083,203

  Expenses

  $6,254,362

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,768,637

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,289,118

  Expenses

  $5,546,924

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,857,476

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,991,909

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,151,829

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

• FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS

  $75,000

  2024 · SHARED SERVICE MODEL

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $55,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• DAVID & CATHY HABIB FOUNDATION C/O JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SCHOOLS OUT WASHINGTON

  $35,000

  2022 · SOAR: KING COUNTY EARLY LEARNING COALITION

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $25,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $25,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• PWC FOUNDATION INC

  $25,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $23,935

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• PWC FOUNDATION INC

  $20,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $19,860

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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