- Revenue 2023
- $8,609,149
- Expenses 2023
- $9,439,291
Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P33Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 10700 JAMISON AVE
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
FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES (FELS) PROVIDES EXCELLENCE IN CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR ALL FAMILIES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE DELAWARE VALLEY. BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF JEWISH VALUES AND TRADITIONS FOR OVER A CENTURY, FELS IS A RECOGNIZED LEADER, HELPING FAMILIES ACCESS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, PROVIDING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, AND CONSULTATION SERVICES TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE QUALITY CHILD CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING SERVICES FOR THEIR PARENTS IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA.
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FELS OPERATES FIVE CENTERS IN THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA AREA FOR APPROXIMATELY 450 CHILDREN RANGING FROM SIX WEEKS TO 12 YEARS OLD. FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF FELS CHILDREN ARE FROM LOW-INCOME, WORKING FAMILIES, AND FIFTY PERCENT LIVE IN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS.FELS PROVIDES EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES FROM DIVERSE ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, AND RACIAL BACKGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE DELAWARE VALLEY. WITH NATIONAL AND STATE-ACCREDITED PROGRAMS, FELS UPHOLDS THE HIGHEST LEARNING AND SAFETY STANDARDS. BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF JEWISH VALUES AND TRADITIONS, FELS IS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN HELPING FAMILIES ACCESS AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND PROVIDING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. WE HONOR AND RESPECT THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF ALL CHILDREN ENROLLED AND STAFF WORKING IN OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR NON-SECTARIAN POLICIES PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
Expenses $7,497,603 · Revenue $7,872,186
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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TAKAAKI AGAWA
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $201,729
- From this org
- $200,102
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,627
- Hours/week
- 38 + 2 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $200,102
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,627
- Filer's total
- $201,729
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EVAN SEGAL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 0.5 related
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JOANNE KRUEGER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 0.5 related
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SCOTT B SCHWARTZ
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 0.5 related
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MICHAEL DUBIN
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 0.5 related
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RYAN UDELL
RECORDING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5 + 0.5 related
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CATHY SEILER
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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DAVID POLLACK
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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MARCIA WASSERMAN
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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RONALD PERILSTEIN
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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SCOTT BARSKY
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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STEVEN GABLE
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ALLISON GOLDIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ARDATH A WEISS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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DEBORAH BRECHER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ELLEN DISTEFANO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ELLEN FRIEDMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ELLEN K HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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GARY NOVICK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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HALIE W O'SHEA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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ILENE GARLIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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JILL KLEEMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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MICHAEL KOFFLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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LAURA DERRICK
OBSERVER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
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DAVID PUDLIN
TRUSTEES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.75 + 0.25 related
The first 25 listed. 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
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2023
- Revenue
- $8,609,149
- Expenses
- $9,439,291
- Contributions
- $311,576
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,639,073
- Expenses
- $8,898,120
- Contributions
- $1,540,316
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,444,809
- Expenses
- $8,584,942
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,468,299
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,469,963
- Expenses
- $8,202,510
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,192,299
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,281,411
- Expenses
- $8,848,720
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,465,459
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $88,458,640
- Expenses
- $88,698,069
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,623,594
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $85,281,099
- Expenses
- $85,128,792
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,370,110
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $79,991,135
- Expenses
- $80,356,935
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,118,023
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $78,200,079
- Expenses
- $78,203,854
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,276,180
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $72,263,991
- Expenses
- $72,229,458
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,983,729
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $68,047,810
- Expenses
- $67,818,608
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,368,275
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $65,352,546
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,868,084
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
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$35,000
2022 EITC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT CHILD'S TUITION EXPENSE BASED ON FINANCIAL CRITERIA
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2024 PENNSYLVANIA EITC SCHOLARSHIPS
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2022 EDUCATION - SCHOLARSHIPS
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2023 ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT
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2022 ENDOWMENTS & DAF, JFRE
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$15,000
2022 EDUCATIONAL
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$10,000
2024 HUMAN SERVICES
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$10,000
2024 MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM
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$10,000
2023 HEALTH
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2022 SHADE STRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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FEDERATION DAY CARE FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES · PA
Declared as related by
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FEDERATION DAY CARE FOUNDATION INC
On its 2024 return
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.