2026-02-03T17:42:20-06:00 2025-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2024-07-01 942221305 Children's Council of San Francisco CHIL 4152762900 445 Church Street San Francisco CA 94114 Eric Fischer CFO 4152762900 2026-02-03 1 1 Jason K Stelling EA P02456446 6264036801 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Barbara Carlson 445 Church Street San Francisco CA 94114 212863585 0 X www.childrenscouncil.org X 1973 CA Since 1974, Children's Council has been at the heart of early care and education in San Francisco. 17 17 180 92 0 0 189371338 210941564 69899 87234 1590812 1807539 70529 27248 191102578 212863585 166159258 186843090 0 0 15519475 17621353 0 0 1151883 5831504 6338249 187510237 210802692 3592341 2060893 73854901 56051604 66601090 46716371 7253811 9335233 X By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has the opportunity to reach their full potential. 0 0 145744669 132389470 Children's Council connects 6,000+ children a year to quality early care and education. As administrators of our local child care subsidy system on behalf of the California Department of Social Services and the City & County of San Francisco, we help families qualify for financial aid for child care or preschool. This program serves our children experiencing trauma (homelessness, neglect, abuse, hunger, etc.) and children from families living in poverty. Children's Council documents family eligibility and pays care providers based upon hours of care. In FY24-25, in partnership with the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood, we ensured access to child care through the Early Learning for All system, and operated a fair wage structure through the Workforce Compensation Initiative, issuing $120 million in child care tuition payments and wage enhancements to early educators. 52105934 50511451 87234 Children's Council acts as a steward of public funds for programs that strive to improve access to and the quality of child care available in San Francisco. Children's Council served as fiscal intermediary for the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood (formerly First 5 San Francisco and the Office of Early Care & Education) to disburse $50 million in Early Learning For All funds to local child care programs, and to support the work of community-based organizations throughout our community. 3822345 2034344 Today, San Francisco only has enough licensed child care for 16% of our infants and toddlers. In order to increase the supply of quality care options available for families, Children's Council's Thriving Workforce model supports new and prospective early educators to get the support they need to join and stay in the field. We offer a variety of training, coaching, and technical assistance for child care providers via our BizNest suite of services. More than 1,200 early educators received training, technical assistance, and/or start-up grants through our signature BizNest program, the Family Child Care Business Incubator, leading to the creation of 1,100+ new child care spots. 200+ family child care (FCC) businesses receive technical assistance to navigate the Early Learning For All system to serve children with subsidies. Our Health and Nutrition Department supported 230+ FCC businesses in San Francisco and San Mateo counties through the USDA Child Care and Adult Care Food Program, providing financial reimbursement for serving in excess of 899,000 healthy meals and snacks to the 1,800 children in their care. 89% of child care programs reported improved nutrition and physical activity practices in their child care environments by participating in the "Healthy Apple" program, which includes a self-assessment, information, training, and additional resources. Our targeted supports to Black/African American individuals include an Early Childhood Educator Career Development Pipeline program that has graduated 91 individuals to secure a teaching license and job placement in an early education classroom, to start a child care business, or continue their education. 5710990 1907825 Parents/caregivers of children come to us to find child care, secure financial aid, learn about child development, connect to peer support or other social services, and to receive concrete supports like diapers, books, toys and more. Children's Council's Child Care Resource and Referral team helps thousands of families find child care and other family resources that meet their needs through one-on-one counseling and access to a comprehensive online child care search engine. Our Subsidy Administration team helps families with low income navigate complicated government financial aid programs and helps them connect to other community resources. Our Play Lab programs support adults in learning how to be a child's first educator and provide opportunities for parents and caregivers to develop peer support networks. Our child development tips were shared via 12,000+ texts to subscribed parent/caregivers. Our Parent Voices chapter brings together dozens of families from all of our programs to build strong support networks and leadership skills that enable them to be advocates for an improved early care and education system in California and beyond. Finally, we host an annual City Kids Family Fair to help hundreds of families connect to resources that support their children's early care and education. 5710990 1907825 207383938 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6460 0 1 180 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X X X Elaine Lai - Senior Dir of Finance and Accounting 4152762900 445 Church Street San Francisco CA 94114 Rehana Abbas Chair 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Deborah Sims Vice Chair (end 12/24) 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Amanda Renschler Board Member/Secretary(end 6/25) 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Amanda Jacobson Board Member/Secretary(trans 6/25) 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Marga Dusedau Treasurer & Interim CFO 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Sarah Behr Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Evelyn Blank Board Member (start 4/25) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Omar Butler Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Thandiwe Cato Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Hilberman Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Molly Lacob Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jake Levinson Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Vera Neinken Board Member (start 4/25) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Sam Board Member (start 6/25) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kanade Shinkai Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Amanda Tutera Board Member (start 4/25) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Maegan Warehouse Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Watkins Board Member (start 12/24) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ben Wong Board Member (start 6/25) 2.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Carlson CEO (start 11/24) 40.00 X 27017 0 0 Eric Fischer Interim CEO/CFO (trans 11/24) 40.00 X 332445 0 44564 Claudia Quinonez Chief Strategy & Impact Officer 40.00 X 205369 0 29487 Amie Latterman Chief Advancement Officer 40.00 X 226051 0 40356 Phillip Warner Chief Compliance Officer 40.00 X 192754 0 17750 Elaine Lai Senior Dir. of Finance & Accounting 40.00 X 197423 0 27589 Bethany Doyle Chief Programs Officer 40.00 X 180810 0 22646 1361869 0 182392 26 0 1 0 0 209735535 1206029 12025 210941564 Fees for Services 624100 87234 87234 87234 1807539 1807539 Miscellaneous income 900099 27248 27248 27248 212863585 87234 0 1834787 186843090 186843090 576979 403885 173094 13412781 11637944 1368915 405922 721010 640792 61474 18744 1877655 1657873 172467 47315 1032928 910468 96645 25815 68178 68178 76959 75089 1870 1317862 1054468 263394 97458 55621 41837 187617 161189 19704 6724 616938 533713 30847 52378 2150307 1847596 222682 80029 84455 73062 4223 7170 122714 106160 6136 10418 10558 9134 528 896 98595 85294 4930 8371 Miscellaneous 686835 575056 111779 Admin. expenses 215755 205162 10593 Bank charges/fees 109225 94491 5461 9273 Recruitment 108904 94213 5445 9246 385889 319638 15549 50702 210802692 207383938 2266871 1151883 2886315 3985546 57941039 17962314 934500 267500 4293610 27169161 217308 334202 798217 777042 31763 21175 200346 230629 7350020 6081077 73854901 56051604 12756770 14541868 46157912 25639891 7686408 6534612 66601090 46716371 X 3355562 7913481 3898249 1421752 7253811 9335233 73854901 56051604 2060893 20529 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 111132891 129877832 174509087 189371338 210941564 815832712 111132891 129877832 174509087 189371338 210941564 815832712 815832712 16168 15234 197913 1590812 1807539 3627666 162951 547719 67746 70529 27248 876193 820336571 1074932 0.99450 0.99620 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 798217 777042 21175 21175 Deposits 47175 Right-of-use assets - operating leases 6033902 6081077 Lease liabilities - operating leases 6534612 6534612 X 212884114 20529 20529 212863585 0 212863585 210802692 0 210802692 0 210802692 Part X, Line 2: Children's Council is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. 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 Children's Council of San Francisco in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Children's Council of San Francisco's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. 1 Child care Subsidies and Child care Provider Stipends (see supplemental statement) 2547 100586935 Quality Grants 119 31878970 ECE Workforce Compensation Enhancements 2551 52421985 Nutrition 222 1907825 At cost Nutrition assistance Part I, Line 2: Program Managers assure that all standard procedures, policies, and government regulations are followed. There is a documented Quality Assurance (QA) process that is followed and relevant funders perform regular, scheduled, reviews and audits of files and procedures. Additionally, there are internal control procedures as established by the Chief Financial Officer and managed by the Senior Director of Finance & Accounting. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Fischer Interim CEO/CFO (trans 11/24) 332445 0 0 0 0 0 28997 0 15567 0 377009 0 0 0 Amie Latterman Chief Advancement Officer 226051 0 0 0 0 0 19260 0 21096 0 266407 0 0 0 Claudia Quinonez Chief Strategy & Impact Officer 205369 0 0 0 0 0 18145 0 11342 0 234856 0 0 0 Elaine Lai Senior Dir. of Finance & Accounting 197423 0 0 0 0 0 16247 0 11342 0 225012 0 0 0 Phillip Warner Chief Compliance Officer 192754 0 0 0 0 0 17750 0 0 0 210504 0 0 0 Bethany Doyle Chief Programs Officer 180810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22646 0 203456 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Board Audit Committee reviews and accepts the Form 990 prior to the extended filing deadline of May 15, and provides the Form 990 to the Board for their review at the subsequent Board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Each Director, Principal Officer, and Board Member annually signs a statement affirming that they a) have received a copy of the Conflict of Interest Policy, b) read and understands the policy, and c) have agreed to comply with the policy. The governing board has the authority to take disciplinary and corrective action in the occurrence of a violation of the conflict of interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a As part of an annual performance appraisal, the President/Chief Executive Officer's compensation is benchmarked against salaries within similar industries. The results are reviewed by a sub-committee of the Board of Directors, and the new salary is then recommended to and approved by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The agency's governing documents and audited financial statements are published on the organization's website for public inspection. Members of the public may also request to review these documents in person.