2023-11-09T05:35:20-08:00 2022-12-31 680095377 Perotti & Carrade CPAs 1 McInnis Pkwy Ste 200 San Rafael CA 94903 990 2022-01-01 943059243 CHILDREN NOW CHIL 5107632444 1404 FRANKLIN STREET 700 OAKLAND CA 94612 EDWARD LEMPERT President 2023-11-09 true EDWARD LEMPERT 999009999 true KATHRYN HARRIS P01460430 4154618500 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z EDWARD LEMPERT 1404 FRANKLIN STREET 700 OAKLAND CA 94612 9145747 false X https://www.childrennow.org/ X 1988 CA Children Now is a nonpartisan whole-child research, policy development, communications, and advocacy organization working on all key kids issues, and is dedicated to promoting childrens health, education, and overall well-being in California. Children Now also leads The Childrens Movement of California the member-based Pro-Kid constituency, that represents a diverse network of more than 5,200 business, youth, parent, civil rights, and faith- and community-based organizations, and others, as well as thousands of individuals throughout the state, that seek to learn more about how children are faring in California. Members receive information and research about childrens policy issues so that they can better support kids well-being. 9 8 53 0 7391136 8913712 152060 203098 6213 27187 2730 1750 7552139 9145747 0 0 5512060 5980572 0 423366 1053934 1374606 6565994 7355178 986145 1790569 13432508 16640807 1003138 2420868 12429370 14219939 X Children Now harnesses our collective power to advance equitable solutions for California's kids. Children Now breaks down systemic barriers so that all children have the services and supports they need to reach their full potential. By employing a game-changing, whole-child, antiracist, connector model, we are transforming childrens advocacy, bringing together millions of diverse voices, and creating power for California kids. false false 3005395 70172 Education: Children Nows education program aims to ensure every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities, a rigorous TK-12 education, including high-quality STEM, afterschool and summer programs, and access to affordable higher education. Through research and analysis, policy development, education and outreach, communications, convenings, and advocacy, we have worked to dismantle inequitable and racially discriminatory systems and achieved the following: ensured millions of dollars in funding commitments from the State to increase reimbursement rates for child care providers; supported significant progress towards building a transparent and student-focused education accountability system that helps ensure all children graduate from high school ready for college, career and civic life; continued to play a leadership role around the effective implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), working to ensure dollars intended for English Learners, students in poverty, and youth in foster care actually reach those students and help close achievement gaps; helped implement important revisions to the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) template to promote effective fiscal transparency; continued to promote transparent and accessible data in the development of the states longitudinal integrated data system, including support for a student growth model and higher standards for English Learner outcomes; led policy and funding advocacy to reduce the barriers to becoming a teacher that disproportionately affect teachers of color and promote diversity within the states teacher workforce; expanded the membership of the California STEM Network and engaged the Network in key STEM issues, including increasing access to STEM education and preparing new STEM teachers, early math instruction and educator professional development, afterschool programs in computer science, and high school to community college pathways in STEM; continued to lead efforts to help ensure the implementation of Next Generation Science Standards, which updated standards, accreditation and testing for teacher preparation and credentialing; and promoted substantial improvements to K-12 course access and instructional quality around math and science to increase access to higher education for all students. 1913521 127926 Health: Children Nows health program focuses on ensuring that children birth to age 26 have meaningful and equitable access to high-quality, culturally responsive, affordable health care, including physical, behavioral, and oral health care services, and other key services like home visiting and developmental screenings that are vital for Californias youngest children. Through our research, analysis, policy development, education, outreach, and advocacy efforts, we have achieved the following: led efforts to improve Medi-Cal access to and quality of care for children and families, including successfully defending against proposed cuts to Medi-Cal that support childrens access to health services, canceling premiums for hundreds of thousands of kids and adults, and supporting family advocates as they work with the State to inform Medi-Cal policy; continued our leadership efforts to promote developmental screenings and early interventions for Californias infants and toddlers by strengthening Medi-Cal compliance; secured a $30 million increase for the CalWORKs Home Visiting Program (HVP) and engaged in field research to increase overall access to home visiting programs; continued to make progress on integrating medical-dental systems in Medi-Cal; highlighted the need for culturally appropriate screening resources and for providers to adopt trauma-informed practices within a clinical setting; expanded access to trauma screenings and continued to work to maintain and increase statewide investment in trauma screenings; worked to increase state investment in school-based mental health (school-county partnerships) and mental health services for students; ensured that special funding allocations for mental health support were set aside for very young children and their families; and developed a childrens environmental health program to address health justice issues related to the environment, such as air quality and lead in drinking water at schools. 925476 Child Welfare: Children Nows child welfare program works to address the comprehensive health, education, and social service needs of children in the child welfare system. Through our research, policy development, education, and communications efforts, we have achieved the following: restored important education rights to youth on juvenile probation and in temporary emergency custody of a child welfare agency; worked with the State and counties on the effective implementation of the Family Urgent Response System (FURS), a statewide, 24/7 hotline to support foster youth and their caregivers in times of crisis; examined the impact of the pandemic on the educational experiences of students in foster care and the critical need for effective strategies and supports to address learning recovery through surveys with caregivers; expanded access to child care for parenting youth in foster care; elevated opportunities to address barriers to employment experienced by transition age youth; worked to stabilize foster youth housing by securing $34 million in the 2022-23 State Budget to expand the Transitional Housing Program and the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program to connect more youth currently or formerly in foster care to the stable housing they need; engaged with the State around additional reform efforts to better meet the health needs of children and youth in the child welfare system; continued to work to highlight barriers and develop solutions to address the disparities in K-12 educational attainment of students in foster care by elevating the importance of transparency and targeted supports in improving educational outcomes for students in foster care; and helped facilitate the California Foster Youth Education Task Force, a statewide network of child welfare and education stakeholders dedicated to improving education outcomes for Californias students in foster care. 388262 5000 6232654 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 8 0 false 53 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X Elizabeth Birmingham 5107632444 1404 FRANKLIN ST SUITE 700 OAKLAND CA 94612 EDWARD LEMPERT President 40.00 0.00 X 437643 0 109792 VINCENT STEWART VP, POLICY & PROG 40.00 0.00 251055 0 78253 KELLY HARDY SR MANAGING DIR 40.00 0.00 237930 0 61950 STACY LEE SR MANAGING DIR 40.00 0.00 196961 0 57550 SUSANNA KNIFFEN SR MANAGING DIR 40.00 0.00 200697 0 52551 ROBERT MANWARING SR ADVISOR, ED 40.00 0.00 170997 0 64182 KRISTI SCHUTJER-MANCE COO & GENERAL COUNSEL 40.00 0.00 138559 0 15374 JASON SALZETTI BOARD CHAIR 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRANDON MARTINEZ-LARRAGOITI FINANCE COMMITT 0.80 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANE GARDNER CHAIR EMERITUS 1.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN GARCIA Vice Chair 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK T JOHNSEN Treasurer 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY MURRAY Secretary 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 GAY KRAUSE FINANCE COMMITT 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENISE MCCAIN-THARNSTROM AUDIT COMMITTEE 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 1633842 439652 7 false true false LEWIS ADVOCACY 1775 TRIBUTE ROAD SACRAMENTO CA 95815 POLICY CONSULTANT 132000 1 8913712 8913712 FEE FOR SERVICE 900099 203098 203098 203098 27187 27187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER INCOME 624110 1750 1750 1750 9145747 203098 28937 0 0 0 0 701396 604502 58339 38555 0 4056750 3496332 337421 222997 246152 212147 20474 13531 647666 553419 54519 39728 328608 280923 28624 19061 0 3731 3731 28000 28000 0 0 0 338817 272585 35032 31200 0 88470 79900 4256 4314 0 0 567487 482441 51194 33852 35603 34872 272 459 0 62246 55014 2973 4259 0 0 0 28501 24229 2571 1701 SUPPLIES 105913 91732 5491 8690 OTHER EXPENSES 85756 31094 50917 3745 BANK AND PAYROLL FEES 13936 13936 EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINTENANCE 12080 10285 1081 714 4066 3179 327 560 7355178 6232654 699158 423366 29876 862137 10713566 10733405 2508315 3461637 0 0 0 0 0 111226 143766 169656 169656 0 0 0 0 0 69525 1439862 13432508 16640807 471758 509039 531380 1911829 1003138 2420868 X 6516939 6791173 5912431 7428766 12429370 14219939 13432508 16640807 1790569 X false true X true false X 7312533 7173304 6729599 7318510 8913713 37447659 0 0 7312533 7173304 6729599 7318510 8913713 37447659 8599040 28848619 237646 271538 81881 6213 27187 624465 0 2482 6651 3883 75356 1750 90122 38162246 1495668 0.75590 0.70740 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 39088 68055 107143 7248035 7355178 517759 129440 false 539660 502181 478300 517759 2037900 3056850 109975 113127 92464 107143 422709 134915 125545 119575 129440 509475 764213 12206 37945 37516 39088 126755 132404 132404 37252 37252 OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET 1370942 OTHER ASSETS 68920 1439862 DEFERRED COMPENSATION 453008 ROU LEASE LIABILITY 1458796 SECURITY DEPOSIT 25 1911829 X 9178738 32991 32991 9145747 9145747 7388169 32991 32991 7355178 7355178 Part X : FIN48 Footnote 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 the Organization in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. X X X false false false false false false false false false EDWARD LEMPERT President 386308 51335 77335 32457 547435 KELLY HARDY SR MANAGING DIR 174430 19500 44000 31048 30902 299880 44000 KRISTI SCHUTJER-MANCE COO & GENERAL COUNSEL 59014 79545 5821 9553 153933 79545 ROBERT MANWARING SR ADVISOR, ED 159797 11200 10307 53875 235179 STACY LEE SR MANAGING DIR 178961 18000 29986 27564 254511 SUSANNA KNIFFEN SR MANAGING DIR 179397 21300 33342 19209 253248 VINCENT STEWART VP, POLICY & PROG 224355 26700 41763 36490 329308 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Research and Data Collection: Children Nows research program produces comprehensive reports, factsheets, infographics, and data-driven policy briefs on topics related to our program areas. We produce two marquee publications: 1) the California Childrens Report Card, which is the states most comprehensive report on childrens health, education, and well-being, and provides up-to-date data on the status of Californias children, highlights outcomes disparities resulting from decades of institutional racism, addresses recent policy developments, and delivers research and data-driven recommendations for improving childrens well-being, and 2) the California County Scorecard of Childrens Well-Being, which provides policymakers and a diverse range of community leaders and other stakeholders a unique and consumable analysis with county and state level data over time, by race and ethnicity, and relative to other counties. This interactive online advocacy and data tool provides a user-friendly interface so viewers can understand counties unique strengths and vulnerabilities in meeting childrens needs, as well as serious inequities in child well-being. The organization also released several research briefs and data profiles, including: a factsheet for individuals and families about the cancellation of Medi-Cal premiums and how it affects them; a brief on improving educational outcomes for Black kids through increasing the number of Black teachers in K-12 schools; a report on the employment and youth with foster care experience, including a survey of current challenges and policy recommendations to help youth with foster care experience thrive in their careers; a factsheet on how to reimagine Medi-Cal to promote health equity for pregnant people and infants; a toolkit to support the state and counties launch of the Family Urgent Response System (FURS), co-developed with youth, caregivers, and other stakeholders; a factsheet on urgent problems in childrens eye care in California and potential solutions; and a report on the key challenges facing Californias childrens mental health workforce.Our marquee publications and numerous data reports and briefs are widely distributed to the general public, including all state and local policymakers, the media, service providers, coalition partners, and civic organizations. These research publications, as well as the outreach efforts, briefings, and widespread media coverage generated by their release, help motivate key stakeholders and policymakers to make childrens issues a top priority, both locally and at the state level. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The finance committee has the responsibility for reviewing the organization's form 990 (including all pertinent schedules) before it is filed with the Internal Revenue Service.- Once the finance committee has completed its review of the form 990, and conferred, they can choose to discuss with the preparer of the form 990 as needed and request copies of relevant workpapers as needed.- Based on the finance committee recommendations the preparer of the form 990 should make revisions to the form 990 as soon as possible to ensure that the form 990 is filed with the internal revenue service on a timely basis.- All of the questions, comments, and suggested revisions set forth by the finance committee will be documented, along with any responses from the preparer of the form 990, if applicable.- A copy of the form 990 with all attached schedules is provided to each voting member of the Organization's governing body (paper or electronic) prior to the filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The executive committee of the Board of Directors annually reviews conflict of interest forms to ensure that a director who has a potential conflict of interest refrains from participation in deliberations concerning the potential conflict.The operations leadership team annually reviews staff conflict of interest forms and alerts the president of any potential conflicts to ensure a staff member with a potential conflict has no substantive involvement in decisions related to the potential conflict. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a In an executive session at the Boards annual meeting, the Board reviews compensation of the President. The deliberations are contemporaneously documented by the chair of the board. In setting single or multiple-year compensation packages, the Board reviews comparable salary data. The last review was conducted in 2021. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND 1404 FRANKLIN ST SUITE 700 OAKLAND CA 94612 PROMOTE & ADVOCATE CHILDREN'S WELFARE CA 501(C)(4) CHILDREN NOW false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND q 106914 INVOICES