2025-05-13T12:59:20-07:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 883806712 BLACK CALIFORNIANS UNITED FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION BLAC 5108123390 374 Camelback Rd Pleasant Hill CA 94523 Keisha Nzewi Executive Director 5108123390 2025-05-01 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Keisha Nzewi 374 Camelback Rd Pleasant Hill CA 94523 762200 0 X blackece.org X 2022 CA Black Californians United for Early Care and Education is committed to disrupting and abolishing over 400 years of intentionally designed institutional and systemic racism. We work to ensure California's ECE system is culturally affirming for Black children, families, and early educators, and that ECE policies and resource allocation are aligned to match our vision. 5 4 3 35 0 0 496122 734194 0 28006 0 0 0 0 496122 762200 0 0 0 0 54285 425297 0 0 41738 45658 249956 99943 675253 396179 86947 402798 503591 0 13846 402798 489745 Black Californians United for Early Care and Education is committed to disrupting and abolishing over 400 years of intentionally designed institutional and systemic racism. We work to ensure California's ECE system is culturally affirming for Black children, families, and early educators, and that ECE policies and resource allocation are aligned to match our vision. 0 0 343743 0 Organizational Capacity Building: We continued to build capacity of our organization, building to a staff of 6 people, 3 of them full-time. Our executive director completed an 8 month training program for new EDs, and had 1:1 coaching sessions for leadership development. With co-founders and Wisdom Circle members, we also refreshed our strategic plan priorities. We also invested in IT systems to streamline processes. 8119 0 0 An important focus of BlackECE is to advocate for California's youngest Black children, their families and Black child care providers. We were invited to join the steering committee of the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation and Truth. Our workshop proposal for National Associaiton for Family Child Care was accepted, and we began planning our first symposium on research, policy and practice. 112007 0 0 Child Care Provider Support: We hosted virtual monthly meetings which had up to 30 child care providers participating. We also included them in training on BlackECEs core messaging. They also went to Sacramento to share their stories with legislators and give comment at a budget hearing. We also provided gift cards over the year to encourage their self-care. Our advocates also presented at conferences like NAFCC in St. Louis, to share how important it is to advocate as a Black early educator. 10 Lift Every Voice advocates were able to travel, with all expenses covered. 5023 0 0 Incentives for child care providers to participate in programming. 5260 0 0 Policy advisement 96094 0 0 We launched our first activity to uplift cultural affirmation in early learning spaces, the Black Family Culture Kit. The kits are a series of four that include products and activities that are developmentally appropriate and help families and other adults affirm Black culture with their young children. We also launched our Black Family Cookout in three California locations, bringing together families and children and early educators to build community. 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Our expenses included travel, food and t-shirts. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keisha Nzewi Executive Director 162000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12000 0 174000 0 0 0 Samantha Thompson Chief Operating Officer 130000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2400 0 132400 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Each board member is provided a copy of this form with a summary and asked to provide concerns or feedback by a due date. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Executive Director: Review of like positions, while accounting for the work of establishing the new organization, and sparse benefits provided. Last reviewed in 2023 COO: Review of like positions, while accounting for the work of establishing the new organization, and sparse benefits provided. Las reviewed in 2023 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All of our governing documents are readily available upon request. The documents were not requested in this tax year. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Payroll processing $2731 Communications consultant $24871 Professional Development $5658 Staff Meals $2969 Incentives/Gifts $5023 Special Event Expenses $134 Business expenses including paypal/clssy/merchant account fees $5226 Staff Retreat $4965 BFCK $16,673, Contracted Services $524, Lieft Every Voice $40844 Black Family Cookout $2935 Symposium $30000 Form 990, Part XII, Line 1 We secured a professional bookkeeper who changed our bookkeeping practices to accrual. As a new, small organization with no bookkeeping staff, we secured a bookkeeper in May of 2024 who worked for months to balance our books from our inception. By the time the work was complete, our staff was deep into other duties that did not allow enough time to complete by the due date. We instead filed for an extension and have completed it the form by the new due date of May 15.