EARLY ENGAGEMENT
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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $57K · expenses $38K · assets $24K
- EIN
- 82-2012264
- Address
- 614 SAN VICENTE BLVD APT G, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402-1849
- Website
- www.earlyengagement.org
- NTEE code
- P01
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2018
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
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.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Swett | President | 2024 | 40 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Amy Anderson | Treasurer | 2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Carlo Cabinalla | Secretary | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Lorelei Shoemaker Phd | Vice President | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Patrick Smith | Director | 2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2024 · 5 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEN SWETT | President | 40 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| AMY ANDERSON | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| CARLO CABINALLA | Secretary | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| LORELEI SHOEMAKER PHD | Vice President | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| PATRICK SMITH | Director | 1 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $56,915 | $37,784 | $23,570 | $23,570 | $56,000 | $915 | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $25,000 in all, tax years 2024 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $25,000 | 2024 | $25,000 | show |
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2024 · Form 990EZ · $37,784 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $21,052 | 55.7% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $11,765 | 31.1% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $4,967 | 13.1% | |
| Total | $37,784 | 100% |