2024-03-05T15:50:57-06:00 2023-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2022-07-01 954117747 Allies for Every Child Inc ALLI 3108464100 5721 W Slauson Avenue 140 Culver City CA 902305844 Richard Klein CFO 3108464100 2024-03-05 1 Richard Klein 999009999 1 Tonetta L Conner CPA P01775198 6264036801 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Heather Carrigan 5721 W Slauson Avenue 140 Culver City CA 902305844 13188831 0 X www.alliesforeverychild.org X 1987 CA Allies for Every Child prevents & mitigates the impact of childhood trauma (continues on Sch O) through comprehensive child and family services. 13 13 99 250 0 0 10647954 10383380 0 0 106573 83384 60931 58283 10815458 10525047 2432439 2437115 0 0 5283218 5880423 0 0 247882 2319729 2785866 10035386 11103404 780072 -578357 11870023 12917464 2936747 4260672 8933276 8656792 X See Schedule O for a full description 0 0 7492284 2148361 Child Development/Early Childhood Education:Recognized by the Centers for Disease Control as an effective child abuse and neglect prevention strategy, Allies provides comprehensive, trauma-informed, culturally responsive early education programming that is focused on social-emotional development and designed to prepare children and their families who face a myriad of stressors (e.g., poverty, child welfare system involvement, special needs/disabilities, etc.) for kindergarten and beyond. Allies serves over 300+ children (0-5) every year in nurturing environments at our state-of-the-art early education center, through our network of licensed home-based education providers, and in individual family homes, with priority placement for children in foster care and families experiencing homelessness. Allies maintains a low staff-to-child ratio in our inclusive, bilingual classrooms to ensure every child's healthy social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Allies' programs are data-driven and designed with the flexibility to be responsive to individual child and family needs, exceeding requirements set by funders and oversight bodies. And because Allies knows parent/caregiver engagement is imperative to children's long-term success, Allies nurtures relationships with families, partnering with them to support their children's healthy development through home visits, parent-teacher conferences, parenting groups, volunteer opportunities, etc. Children and families enrolled in Allies' early education programs also have access to extensive individualized supports, including early childhood mental health services, pediatric health consultations, disability screenings/advocacy, community events, etc. Allies is able to provide this level of quality by strategically layering and leveraging private dollars and government contracts (e.g., Early Head Start, California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services, etc.). 991261 240301 Child Welfare: Since our inception, Allies' priority population has been and continues to be children who are involved with the child welfare system. Allies' Foster Care and Adoption program (partially funded by LA County Department of Children and Family Services, "DCFS"), works to break the devastating cycles associated with aging out of foster care (e.g., homelessness, poverty, incarceration, etc.) by providing affirming, nurturing, well-equipped families for children and youth in the foster care system, especially those who are disproportionately represented, including older children and teens, sibling sets, children of color, and LGBTQ+ youth. Allies recruits, trains, and certifies foster families who are driven by a desire to ensure that all children have a childhood that is equitable and just and who are committed to providing the family that each child needs. Allies' social workers and licensed clinicians provide extensive training and support to equip foster parents with the skills necessary to parent a child who has suffered the traumas associated with being in foster care, and to ensure parents are ready to embrace and support the children who need a home. Allies is committed to keeping families together whenever possible. Through our Family Preservation program and related child welfare programming, Allies protects at-risk children of all ages by partnering with families who have been referred to us by LA DCFS due to substantiated abuse or neglect, as well as other vulnerable families in the community. Families access a range of services aimed at healing and strengthening relationships to keep children in their birth/first home (when possible and in the child's best interest) and prevent the need for further child welfare system involvement. A recent review by LA DCFS showed that 98% of families who participated in Allies' Family Preservation program did not have repeated engagement with the child welfare system. These outcomes are a result of Allies' multidisciplinary team (overseen by licensed clinicians) addressing issues related to trauma, domestic violence, substance dependence, and parenting through in-home assessments and counseling, child and family mental health services, and intensive case management. Allies also works with families to build protective factors, characteristics proven to reduce the risk of child maltreatment, and offers family activities and community events that provide critical support by reducing social isolation, building resilience, and providing direct and concrete resources that reduce stress. 669589 48453 Comprehensive, Integrated Services:Because every child and family's circumstances are unique, Allies invests in providing an array of vital, multidisciplinary supports tailored to meet the individual needs of children and families across all programs. For example, because of Allies' extensive experience working with children who have experienced trauma, and the knowledge that birth through age five is a crucial window of brain development, Allies' team of social workers and therapists provide infant and early childhood mental health services to hundreds of children and their families each year to help heal the wounds of childhood trauma, helping children build trusting relationships with nurturing adults. Through this integrated Early Childhood Mental Health model, Allies provides trauma screenings and mental health services, including dyadic therapy, psychoeducation groups, mental health consultation, and client-centered advocacy. A focus of this work is helping caregivers regulate their emotional state so they can form secure attachment with their child and buffer the impact of trauma. Additionally, Allies provides children and families with semiannual disabilities screenings and year-round advocacy, pediatric health consultations, dental and vision screenings, nutrition education, parenting groups, etc., and we work closely with a robust network of community partner agencies such as UCLA TIES for Families, Upward Bound House, Safe Place for Youth, Venice Family Clinic, St. Joseph Center, and Miriam's House to ensure families are connected with stable housing, medical care, etc.As part of Allies continued focus on comprehensive services, in Fiscal Year 2022/23, the Allies Board of Directors approved exploring the development of a 14-unit residence for young adults who have been impacted by the foster care system and their children, which would be located on Allies' Wagner Street site adjacent to our existing early childhood education center. 9153134 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 81 0 1 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X Accounting Department 3108464100 5721 W Slauson Avenue Suite 140 Culver City CA 90230 Tracee Jones Chairperson 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Marianna Fisher Chairperson Emerita 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Martha Swiller Vice Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Green Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Teresa Fourticq Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Lezlie Johnson Founder 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lorena Barrientos Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Zoe de Givenchy Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Maggie Delmas Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ann E Kronen Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Patty Penske Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ibiere Seck Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Melissa Wiczyk Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Heather Carrigan President & CEO 40.00 X 240932 0 14083 Richard Klein Chief Financial Officer 40.00 X 159408 0 12165 Tivoli Sisko Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 118227 0 10998 Adriana Molina Chief Program Officer 40.00 X 115662 0 402 Billiejo LaBriola Head of Educational Excellence 40.00 X 111761 0 11358 745990 0 49006 5 0 1 0 Childcare Careers 3440 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1111 Los Angeles CA 90010 Teachers 310954 Lots of Tots Academy 904 West 53rd Street Los Angeles CA 90037 Child Care 136336 Jasmin Caren 6731 4th Ave Los Angeles CA 90043 Child Care 133065 Nelly Salazar 214 East 93rd Street Los Angeles CA 90003 Child Care 123756 Veronica Garcia 4901 1/2 W 99th St Inglewood CA 90301 Child Care 118200 5 513101 9384410 485869 2388 10383380 111021 111021 2620985 2648622 -27637 -27637 -27637 15162 513101 15162 0 Miscellaneous Income 900099 58283 58283 58283 10525047 0 0 141667 2437115 2437115 435485 435485 4480322 3870377 454799 155146 36306 36244 62 484857 410493 56868 17496 443453 361898 67331 14224 82785 6896 73738 2151 963760 640995 312070 10695 30006 2710 27296 278443 226563 39456 12424 51713 40468 8827 2418 789982 658658 115421 15903 53071 48933 1470 2668 848 616 232 168195 149236 18959 101718 66814 31647 3257 Recruitment & training 105590 94573 9750 1267 Equipment 105461 94451 10724 286 Dues & subscriptions 26602 1475 21337 3790 Miscellaneous 15702 119 13783 1800 11990 5116 2811 4063 11103404 9153134 1702388 247882 3526473 2019126 150893 145489 140150 145400 1445895 1604160 91484 122855 7480302 3733853 3804279 3746449 1301486 2400707 1360446 1619012 48917 1114266 11870023 12917464 2367441 2526495 569306 1734177 2936747 4260672 X 8647418 8456940 285858 199852 8933276 8656792 11870023 12917464 -578357 301873 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 8871108 9665324 10041362 10647954 10383380 49609128 8871108 9665324 10041362 10647954 10383380 49609128 49609128 79167 79966 64476 106573 111021 441203 80467 141717 61291 58283 341758 50392089 161427 0.98450 0.98330 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 988897 988897 5061586 3071250 1990336 737227 575740 161487 692592 86863 605729 3746449 Bonds 1619012 F 1619012 Deposits 48917 Right-of-use assets 1065349 1114266 Government owned assets 645408 Lease liabilities 1088769 1734177 X 10913785 301873 86865 388738 10525047 0 10525047 11190269 86865 86865 11103404 0 11103404 Part X, Line 2: Allies is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Allies in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Allies' returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Big Hearts 309718 303330 6388 6388 Arts Festival 51625 47795 3830 3830 1 166920 161976 4944 4944 528263 513101 15162 15162 15162 0 1 Provider payments 36 2143063 At cost Payments to child care providers to care for children in the community. Foster Care payments 25 240687 At cost Foster parent payments to support the children in the community. Other client expenses 271 53365 At cost ADL's and other necessary costs related to care of the children in the community. Part I, Line 2: The organization determines need based on each individual case and supplies funds through a process provided by the State of California. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heather Carrigan President & CEO 240932 0 0 0 0 0 4941 0 9142 0 255015 0 0 0 Richard Klein Chief Financial Officer 159408 0 0 0 0 0 3164 0 9001 0 171573 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 1: Organization's Mission Statement All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child ("Allies") brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. Allies is a community-based organization with an over 35-year history of working with the most vulnerable children and families in Los Angeles, helping address the potentially devastating effects of deep poverty, trauma, abuse, neglect, and social and economic injustice. Founded in 1987 as a foster care agency, Allies has maintained this work as our anchor. However, because the vast majority of child welfare system involvement is caused by neglect-and more often than not, driven by the systemic criminalization of poverty, Allies has continued to expand our approach throughout the years to encompass a range of trauma-responsive, child-centered, and family-focused services aimed at prevention of involvement (or further involvement) with the child welfare system. Today, Allies impacts the lives of over 3,000 people each year through innovative foster care and adoption services, intensive family strengthening interventions, and high-quality early education programs, as well as a range of critical, multidisciplinary supports that all Allies families can access, including early childhood mental health services, pediatric health consultations, disability screenings/advocacy, community events, etc. With a deep understanding of how adversity can impact the developing brain, Allies' team of experts designs and delivers services using a neurobiologically-informed, trauma-sensitive, relationship-focused approach. Allies is accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA), which recognizes Allies as an agency that has successfully implemented the highest performance standards and, as such, is delivering the highest quality services. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 will be reviewed by management and the finance committee, then provided to the full board prior to its filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Board of Directors sign a declaration of non conflict of interest annually. Compliance with the conflict of interest policy is regularly and consistently monitored and enforced as defined in Article X "Periodic Review" in the Conflict of Interest Policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Board of Directors may hire an independent executive recruiting firm and also uses a professional HR organization when selecting a President & CEO. The Board has established recruitment, selection and related policies, which guide the staffing of other Allies positions. Allies is committed to recruiting and hiring enough appropriately qualified and best suited personnel to support achievement of its mission and strategic goals, and best serve its clients. Allies seeks to employ, in its best judgment, the most qualified candidates for approved positions while engaging in recruitment and selection practices that are in compliance with all applicable employment laws and best practices. Compensation is determined through wage surveys specific to their job title/function and service areas. In addition, we review comparability data on these roles in similarly sized organizations, to get to a salary range that is both competitive and sustainable. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Form 990, audited financials and the Form 1023 are available upon request, and the Form 990 is posted on guidestar.org annually.