2026-01-23T17:00:23-06:00 2025-06-30 363321958 DESMOND & AHERN LTD 10827 S WESTERN AVENUE CHICAGO IL 606433206 990 2024-07-01 364395447 Austin Childcare Providers Network AUST 7739340786 5701 W Division Street Chicago IL 60651 Ruth Kimble Executive Director 7739340786 2026-01-23 1 1 Mel Padillo P03172019 7737794720 2026-01-23 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ruth Kimble 5701 W Division Street Chicago IL 60651 492032 0 X austinchildcare.org X 2000 IL ACPN empowers early childcare providers in Austin to create engaging early learning environments and develop sustainable businesses. 8 7 6 8 0 0 517002 484508 11834 7524 0 0 0 0 528836 492032 0 0 0 0 272898 266719 0 0 17196 279856 191957 552754 458676 -23918 33356 476193 539310 42355 72116 433838 467194 X ACPN empowers early childcare providers in Austin to create engaging early learning environments and develop sustainable businesses. 0 0 366010 7524 101 Early Learning - ACPN has recognized the importance of providing Network members with information, education, and support. We have identified challenges and barriers for our members attaining their degrees. Our goals are to collaborate and partner with City Colleges and other Community Based Organizations (CBO) to leverage programs and resources to support providers. We have established a partnership with Malcolm X to identify the direction of the early childhood field and what are the trends in terms of credentials and degrees. Our project supports providers with resources and assistance in collecting documentation for: applying for financial aid, working with advisors, completing a City College application, and registering for coursework. We also advocate for simplifying the processes and procedures for community members to attain higher education. 102 Kindergarten Initiative - The C2K pilot promotes a collaboration funded by the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development (GOECD) to develop a model that aligns training, curriculum, and assessments from childcare programs (with children ages 3-4), preschool programs and kindergarten classes. The C2K grant supports planning and implementation to: Develop partnerships that ensure that childcare providers, CPS State Pre-K and kindergarten teachers would be able to partner to accomplish the grant's goal of ensuring more Austin children successfully transition to kindergarten. Design strategies that promote shared training among State-PreK, kindergarten teachers and childcare owners and to collaborate on shared curriculum with a focus on child appropriate practices, training on the Illinois Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS), culturally responsive and trauma informed practices, the Pyramid model, assessments, and data collection. Create strategies to engage families of students enrolled in the pilot to strengthen school and home connections and ensure effective kindergarten transitions. ExceleRate Pilot - The Illinois ExceleRate system incentivizes childcare programs to work on continuous quality improvement of programs, by directors and program staff increasing their higher education credentials/degrees and conducting program self-assessments. ACPN has initiated a pilot to work with a cohort of ten providers to increase their ExceleRate level from Bronze to Silver. The pilot will work on individualizing training and coaching of each provider to identify areas of improvement, to create an individual/program plan that works on the areas of improvement and provide training and coaching to support added program quality standards. The pilot will work with the cohort for a year.These three initiatives target the early childhood providers in our community to increase their knowledge and skills. These three initiatives address aspects of the early childhood workforce: The AECC project provides opportunities for individual childcare providers to complete their GED and/or begin their higher education journey to attain an Associate degree or Infant/Toddler credential. The ExceleRate Pilot works on improving the quality of the community's early childcare programs. The C2K pilot specifically targets preparing childcare providers to increase the ability of preschool children to be kindergarten ready and to successfully transition to kindergarten. 366010 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 IL X Pamela Johnson 7739340786 5701 W Division Street Chicago IL 60651 Andrew Born Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Steve Linn Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Tiffany Morgan Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Deirdre Bates Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Toni Drisdell Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Erma Jackson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lucy Gomez Feliciano Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Faith Arnold Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anthony Scott Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ruth Kimble Executive Director 40.00 X 74500 0 0 74500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 237314 247194 484508 Program Service Revenu 900099 7524 7524 7524 492032 7524 0 0 X 74500 66639 4338 3523 172072 154303 9592 8177 590 516 47 27 19557 17118 1555 884 10935 342 9720 873 9445 295 8396 754 109878 97771 10449 1658 5858 5858 2604 2604 4740 4740 5966 5966 72 72 273 273 6624 6624 2542 2542 Training and education 30139 29026 1113 Dues & Subscriptions 2675 1575 1100 Miscellaneous 206 6 200 458676 366010 75470 17196 187015 269988 65718 52486 271207 54371 223460 216836 476193 539310 37543 27427 4812 44689 42355 72116 X 345838 339225 88000 127969 433838 467194 476193 539310 33356 0 X X 0 0 0 X 383353 538744 514686 517002 484508 2438293 383353 538744 514686 517002 484508 2438293 299245 2139048 2438293 19358 0.87730 0.88030 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 19592 19592 246162 48918 197244 5453 5453 0 216836 Line of credit 44689 44689 X 492032 0 492032 0 492032 458676 0 458676 0 458676 Part X, Line 2: FIN 48 Note from Audited Financial Statements: The Organization is exempt from federal income taxes under the provision of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; thus, no provision for the income tax has been provided for in the financial statements. The Organization's Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, are subject to examination by the IRS, generally for three years after they were filed. The Organization has adopted the requirements for accounting for uncertain tax positions and management has determined that the Organization was not required to record a liability related to uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A complete copy of the 990 along with schedules was forwarded to the Executive Director for review, approval, and signing before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Periodic reviews are conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 ACPN makes its governing documents, financial statements, conflict of interest policy, etc. available to the public for inspection free of charge, the information will be provided upon written request and mailed within 7 days. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Outside contract services: Program service expenses 97,733. Management and general expenses 9,360. Fundraising expenses 1,560. Total expenses 108,653. Payroll services: Program service expenses 38. Management and general expenses 1,089. Fundraising expenses 98. Total expenses 1,225. Form 990, Part XII, line 2c: The process has not changed from the prior year.