2025-05-28T08:13:24-07:00 2024-12-31 954318139 Richard S Hibbs CPA 10818 Oregon Avenue Culver City CA 90232 990EZ 2024-01-01 822012264 EARLY ENGAGEMENT EARL 3104281630 614 SAN VICENTE BLVD UNIT G SANTA MONICA CA 90402 BEN SWETT President 2025-05-28 true true Richard S Hibbs CPA P00013322 3108362029 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.earlyengagement.org X X 56915 X 56000 915 0 0 0 0 56915 21052 11765 4967 37784 19131 4439 23570 4439 23570 4439 23570 4439 23570 Early Engagement supports the development of lifelong mental wellness tools (cognitive, social and emotional skills) in young children (0-3) by supporting fathers. We help fathers manage themselves to create a family mental learning environment that gives young children the best chance of developing the lifelong mental wealth traits of confidence, self-knowledge, resilience and people skills that lead to success in school, at work and in relationships, ultimately leading them to grow into responsible adults who can take care of themselves, and others. New Parent Education, focused on fathers. In-person delivery of support, instruction and peer connection to new fathers in Los Angles through Start Start Dad Time and Strong Start Practice. Built Father Engagement through direct delivery of over 2,700 person hours of free parent/child sessions through collaboration with public school system and parks/community centers and delivery of programs to father in at risk populations in collaboration with community partners. 86% of participants report programs as very useful. 11000 New Parent Education, focused on fathers. Increasing scope of impact via developing Electronic Media Delivery Systems for the Strong Start New Dads program (SSND) an evidence-driven pre-birth educational program designed to increase and deepen parent engagement in new fathers, while increasing couple and family mental wellness & resilience. Our aim is to expand adoption and usage of the program beyond UCLAHealth. 21000 Advocacy & Professional Support providing leadership, consulting and technical support to early education nonprofits, preschools and community-based organizations in Los Angeles & Nationwide, with particular attention to our specialty of Father Engagement. Delivery of staff support and leadership. Presentations at state-wide and national academic early childhood conferences in our field of expertise. 5000 37000 BEN SWETT President 40.00 0 AMY ANDERSON Treasurer 1.00 0 CARLO CABINALLA Secretary 0 0 LORELEI SHOEMAKER PHD Vice President 0 0 PATRICK SMITH Director 1.00 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false CA BEN SWETT 614 SAN VICENTE BLVD UNIT G SANTA MONICA CA 90402 3104281630 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 7880 9049 16045 6120 56000 95094 0 0 7880 9049 16045 6120 56000 95094 80696 14398 0 0 0 95094 0.15140 X Part I: Additional Information FORM 990, SCHEDULE A, SECTION C, LINE 17A Early Engagement provides educational and social support to fathers of infants and toddlers, so they can better support mental development and family mental wellness during the vital first 3 years of life. In the past decade, we have been developing and testing educational programs, which are being rolled out to the general public in 2025.Our services are open to the public and provided across Los Angeles County at no cost or on a sliding scale. We prioritize outreach to under-served populations, including fathers experiencing economic hardship, housing insecurity, and co-parent mental health challenges. In 2024, we served over 100 fathers through more than 2,700 hours of free, in-person parentchild programming.The majority of our contributions (by number) are small donations from individuals. As we move into this retail phase of our operations, we expect a much larger percentage of our contributions (by total value) to come from small donations from our client base. At this investment stage in our development, all services are offered for free, or on a sliding scale/optional donation basis.We offer 4 types of programming, all focused on Public Participation/Direct Delivery of Services:1.DadTime - meet-ups for fathers and small children, to provide connection and social support for new fathers. Limited to two locations, we served over 1200 people/visit/sessions in 2024. (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJi3yPCC5k)2.StrongStart Practice, (https://www.earlyengagement.org/practice) in which parents and young children meet in person to focus on parenting skills. 3.StrongStart New Dads, a hospital-based program to offer a Family Mental Wellness Prophylaxis in the form of a Paternal Perinatal Parenting Orientation. These Before Baby for Dad Classes are being tested by a nationally-leading researcher in the UCLAHealth Medical system. 4.Programs and Presentations on the Science Father Parenting. Presentations to preschools, at national and state conferences, and to staff of social service providers (including school districts and Early Headstart) on father engagement, how fathers parent differently, and the implications thereof. Approximately 800 people viewed our presentations in the past year. The New Dads program (#3) is our focus for middle-term scalable impact: as the 2025 development and testing stages conclude, we expect continued grant support as well as small donations from clients who have completed the program.We intend to evolve Dad Time (#1) into a broad-based membership program by offering templates to allow fathers to start and host their own DadTime sessions throughout the country. These members are likely to fund that program with small donations. Early Engagement maintains an active public profile through a regularly updated website (www.EarlyEngagement.org) and social media (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube see https://www.youtube.com/@Early_Engagement). We offer free public-facing parent education materials and white papers, present at conferences and collaborate closely with civic and public-serving institutions that also serve young children, including UCLA Health, Santa MonicaMalibu USD, Harvest Home, and Santa Monica Early Childhood Development Taskforce.Our independent board includes experts in philanthropy, mental health, cognitive science, and providing services to vulnerable populations. While we have been developing our services for over a decade, we feel we are still a New Organization in terms of not yet having a strong charitable gift solicitation program: our focus has been on program development, but our increased (and increasing) scale means we must now add small donor fundraising to our competencies. We have invested considerable fundraising efforts in cultivating relationships with foundations, healthcare providers, nonprofits and other current and potential strategic partners. Early Engagement has an active and engaged board of directors that remain committed to the success of the organization. This is our first 990-EZ tax return, but we have always been current with all of our required government filings and adhere to high standards of compliance and oversight.Based on these circumstances, and consistent with Treasury Reg. 1.170A-9(f)(3)Early Engagement requests continued classification as a publicly supported charity under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). We are organized and operated in the public interest, not controlled by private individuals, and we advance a clearly defined charitable mission through ongoing public programs, outreach, and education. Part I, Line 12f: Supported Org Not Named in Organizing Documents RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $1355 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $648 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $1100 Other Expenses.2 PROGRAM EXPENSES $1543 Other Expenses.3 MEMBERSHIPS $276 Other Expenses.4 RECRUTING $45