CLOSE GAPS BY 5: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: CLOSE GAPS BY 5 (EIN 45-3571450)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-04-20
IRS object ID: 201531109349300333
Schema version: 2014v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-04-20T15:44:34-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	411431613	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KERN DEWENTER VIERE LTD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3800 AMERICAN BLVD W STE 1000	AddressLine1Txt
City	MINNEAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55431	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	453571450	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PARENT AWARE FOR SCHOOL READINESS (PASR)	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PARE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6123676118	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2021 EAST HENNEPIN AVE NO 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	MINNEAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55413	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MICHAEL V CIRESI	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6123499539	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-03-30	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MARIE A SCHMITZ	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01272184	PTIN
Phone	9525636800	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-03-30	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MICHAEL V CIRESI	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2021 EAST HENNEPIN AVE NO 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	MINNEAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55413	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,598,045	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.PASRMN.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2011	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PASR WILL PARTNER WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PARENT AWARE RATINGS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	15	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$902,153	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,594,289	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,042	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,736	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$7,488	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$20	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$912,683	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,598,045	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$159,960	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$189,947	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$35,115	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$978,253	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,147,900	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,138,213	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,337,847	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$225,530	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$260,198	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$992,430	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,273,845	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$17,258	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$38,475	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$975,172	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,235,370	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF PARENT AWARE FOR SCHOOL READINESS IS TO USE PRIVATE SECTOR STRATEGIES, STRENGTHS, AND RESOURCES TO FOCUS MINNESOTA ON SCHOOL READINESS, SERVING AS THE CHANNEL FOR PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR PARENT AWARE, MINNESOTA'S QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM. PARENT AWARE IS DESIGNED TO HELP PARENTS FIND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS TO PREPARE YOUNG CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS. USING A 1-4 STAR RATING SYSTEM, PARENT AWARE MEASURES BEST PRACTICES IDENTIFIED BY RESEARCH THAT HELP CHILDREN SUCCEED IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND. TO TIGHTLY FOCUS IT'S MISSION AND FOSTER A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR HELPING MINNESOTA CHILDREN PREPARE FOR KINDERGARTEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE PASR BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED TO ELIMINATE ITSELF AT THE END OF 2016. IN 2012, PASR WAS FORMED TO SWIFTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IMPLEMENT THE MELF-PILOTED AND RECOMMENDED MARKET-BASED APPROACH. TO ENCOURAGE THE COMPLETION OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION-ORIENTED MISSION BY THE END OF 2016, THE	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$898,265	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$20	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROMOTE PARENT AWARE RATINGS. PASR FIRST EDUCATES PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING FOR SCHOOL READINESS, AND THEN PROMOTES THE RATINGS TO PARENTS SEARCHING FOR CHILD CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO SHOP USING THE RATINGS. INFORMED PARENTS ASKING PROVIDERS ABOUT BEST PRACTICES WILL PROVIDE A STRONG INCENTIVE FOR PROVIDERS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PRACTICES. PASR'S KEY PROMOTION TOOLS INCLUDE MARKETING KITS TO HELP RATED PROGRAMS PROMOTE THEIR RATINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ONLINE AND RADIO PROMOTIONS TARGETED AT PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN MINNESOTA.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$288,157	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PARENT AWARE RATINGS. PASR IS THE WATCHDOG OVER THE INTEGRITY OF THE RATING SYSTEM THROUGH ATTENTION TO STANDARDS, PROGRAM DESIGN, AND POLICY. PASR FUNDS ONGOING, RIGOROUS EVALUATION TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RATINGS STANDARDS. EVALUATION DATA WILL PROVIDE PASR AND OTHERS WITH INFORMATION NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE RATING SYSTEM OVER TIME, AND SOLID EVIDENCE TO FIGHT EFFORTS TO WEAKEN THE QUALITY STANDARDS. PASR ALSO WEIGHS IN ON THE SPECIFICS OF PARENT AWARE OPERATIONS, TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS AS SIMPLE, CLEAR, EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. AT THE POLICY LEVEL, PASR BRINGS ITS STRONG AND UNIQUE PRIVATE SECTOR VOICE TO RESIST ANY ATTEMPTS TO KILL OR WEAKEN THE PARENT AWARE QRIS AND TO EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE NEED TO FOR QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,186,422	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6123676118	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2021 EAST HENNEPIN AVE NO 250	AddressLine1Txt
City	MINNEAPOLIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	55413	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MICHAEL V CIRESI
CHAIR	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS M BAKER JR
VICE CHAIR	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAN KRUCHOSKI
TREASURER	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIM PENNY
SECRETARY	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNN HAGLIN
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBBIN JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SCOTT JONES
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER J MCDONALD
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ARTHUR J ROLNICK
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FRED SENN
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TERRI BARREIRO
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR KAREN CADIGAN
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHY COONEY
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARSHALL JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARGIE SORAN
BOARD MEMBER	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERICCA L RICHTER-MAAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$122,333	$0	$5,750
GAIL BULTMAN
FINANCE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$47,015	$0	$2,156

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$169,348	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$7,906	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
CHILD TRENDS
7315 WISCONSIN AVE SUITE 12	BETHESDA	MD	20814	EVALUATION OF PARENT AWARE RATINGS	$276,407
NERDERY
9555 JAMES AVENUE SOUTH	BLOOMINGTON	MN	55431	WEBSITE ENHANCEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE	$212,272

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$1,594,289	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$62,037	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,594,289	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,736	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,736	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$20	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$20	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,598,045	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,736	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$175,499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$86,069	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,996	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,434	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,448	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,027	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,740	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,681	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,514	TotalAmt
Management And General	$22,514	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,054	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,054	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$727,019	TotalAmt
Program Services	$727,019	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,290	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,290	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,741	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,741	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,297	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,297	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
EVALUATION SERVICES	$288,157	$288,157
OPERATIONS	$14,828	$3,096	$11,732

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,337,847	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,186,422	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$116,310	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,115	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$211,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$764,594	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,042	BOYAmt
EOY	$231,778	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$350,747	BOYAmt
EOY	$275,247	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,378	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,226	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,390	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$992,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,273,845	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,475	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,475	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$975,172	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,235,370	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$975,172	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,235,370	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$992,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,273,845	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$260,198	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,963,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$902,153	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,594,289	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,459,842	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,963,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$902,153	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,594,289	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,459,842	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,103,583	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,356,259	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,042	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,736	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,778	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$244	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,488	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$20	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,752	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,474,372	TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	0	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	0	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (1)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$42,639	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$42,639	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II-B, LINE 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	$42,000 IN ATTORNEY FEES FOR ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION THAT CONNECTS FUNDING FOR THE STATE'S CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO THE QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM. $639 IS FOR OTHER RELATED EXPENSES SUCH AS TRAVEL AND PRINTING.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,598,045	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,598,045	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,598,045	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,337,847	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,337,847	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,337,847	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO ASSESS WHETHER AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION EXISTS AND IF THERE SHOULD BE RECOGNITION OF A RELATED BENEFIT OR LIABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THERE ARE NO AMOUNTS TO RECORD AS ASSETS OR LIABILITIES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. GENERALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2011.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$62,037	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	SELLING PRICE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 32B:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	BREMER INVESTMENT SERVICES WAS THE BROKER FOR ASSETS SOLD IN DECEMBER 2014.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	EACH BOARD MEMBER RECEIVES AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF FORM 990 AND REVIEWS IT BEFORE IT IS SIGNED AND FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH YEAR OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE FINANCE COMMITTEE USES THE ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS AND COMPARABILITY DATA FROM THE NONPROFIT SALARY SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.