2026-04-22T09:14:55+00:00 2025-08-31 440160260 Forvis Mazars LLP 8200 W Interstate 10 Suite 900 San Antonio TX 782303806 990 2024-09-01 455251954 Innovative Network of Knowledge INNO 2109051000 PO BOX 461366 San Antonio TX 78246 Kevin Dinnin President 2026-04-22 true Robert Ulloa P01953132 2103419400 2026-04-22 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sharon Shetter PO BOX 461366 San Antonio TX 78246 28762740 false X EXPLOREINK.ORG X 1998 TX THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN NEED, ASSISTING THEM BY PROVIDING SCHOOL AND FAMILY RELATED SERVICES. 11 10 536 1600 0 0 24972954 28609791 34025 41697 150240 62907 263 27266 25157482 28741661 5600 6006 0 12336508 15191515 0 0 0 12377184 13481411 24719292 28678932 438190 62729 4906446 5999792 2644159 3674776 2262287 2325016 X INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES THANKS TO STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISTRICTS, INNOVATIVE (AND FUN!) CURRICULUMS AND PASSIONATE FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. false false 10059629 2407 1880 The JVLCDG grant provided educational services to 317 children during the 2024-2025 school year. The locations included Victoria ISD, Waelder ISD, Yoakum ISD, Nixon-Smiley ISD, Victoria HS and EHS, Cuero EHS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca EHS. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the EHS CCP grant had a total of 120 children served. The centers that were open were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, Yoakum under this grant. Partnerships with local libraries were made. Center managers partnered with the libraries in their areas and had a literacy program established where parents could get library cards and join events. The libraries donated backpacks and books to our center locations. Parents were involved with committees, events, and parent meetings at each center. Our Policy Council was established by a parent at every location, and many new ideas were suggested and implemented. Parades in this area are exciting and families participate by creating floats and dressing up. Toys for Tots is a big event, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) 6765577 1619 3059 The Innovative Network of Knowledge OPLA grant provided educational services to 475 children during the 2024-25 Year. The locations included Monroe, West Monroe, Sterlington, Richwood, Franklin Parish, Richland and Lincoln parish. The program had 7 EHS childcare partners. The program opened EHS/HS program in Lincoln parish. This has been very exciting for this parish. The program also landed 3 classrooms in the local school system. This partnership has made it a smooth transition for our Head Start students. Parents were involved in the parent committee and policy councils. The program also had local college interns to do speech and language services for the children. The program had a total of 289 volunteers for the year. Parent involvement has increased with the implementation of Ready Rosie. 4253077 1018 36759 The Alabama grant provided educational services to 80 children during the 2024-2025 school year. These children were Early Head Start ages birth to 3. Alabama served these children in 5 locations in Walker County: Jasper, Cordova, Dora, Curry, Townley. Partnerships with our local Capstone Clinic and Child Dentistry allowed us to provide medical and dental checkups for the children. We were able to form partnerships with our local school districts, Adam Bishop Center, and ARC of Walker County to provide speech, OT, and mental health services to our children and families. We partnered with The City of Lights, a recovery program for females and have been able to serve their children in our program while the mothers are learning a workforce skill. The policy council has been very involved in our program and voted to allow an expansion which added 6 more classrooms for this upcoming year for ages 3-5. Our family specialists provided recruiting activities each month and worked with our education coaches to provide, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) 4018368 962 During the 2024-2025 academic school year, the AKW Grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville ISD and Charlotte ISD. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. This year AKW added a by-monthly Father Engagement classroom activity to have more father and/or father figures involved in the children's education. AKW also added the Let's Read Together take-home activities to enhance reading at home with a family member. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend Policy Council meetings via zoom. Teachers continue to send home educational activities daily; this gives parents the opportunity to spend some time with their child at home extending on what they are learning at school. This school year we had 214 parent volunteers. AKW grant continues to implement the parent curriculum called Ready Rosie. Ready Rosie delivers parenting curriculum videos via text. The City of Poteet continued to provide volunteers services each month by mowing the yard, paying for water and trash services. The City of Poteet included in their yearly donations the opportunity to house AKW's mains office, training room and storage shed while donating the rental cost, water and trash services. Our stand-alone sites continue working with the local community partnerships to provide resources and referrals to our families on as needed basis. 4018368 962 25096651 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false true 50 0 true 536 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 10 true false false false false true false true true false false false true true true true true true true false false false LA X CLAUDIA OLIVEIRA 2109051000 PO BOX 461366 SAN ANTONIO TX 78246 George Cowden III Chairman 1.0 9.0 X X 0 120809 0 Alan Griffin Director 1.0 5.0 X 0 0 0 Cameron Vickrey Director 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 David Sprouse Director 1.0 4.0 X 0 0 0 Doug Browne Director 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Jones Director 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 Jesse Flores Director 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 Karen Alexander Simmons Director 1.0 4.0 X 0 0 0 Myra Starkey Director 1.0 1.0 X 0 0 0 Scott Sharman Director 1.0 4.0 X 0 0 0 Steve Brown Director 1.0 0 X 0 0 0 Sharon Shetter President 60.0 0 X 231803 0 22234 Nicole Spenrath Grants Director 50.0 0 X 108521 0 12178 Priscilla Garza Grants Director 50.0 0 X 101033 0 5649 441357 120809 40061 3 false true false John Reilly dba Sage Builders LLC 1274 Holbrook San Antonio TX 78218 Construction Services 169232 2 1381706 26274543 953542 350394 28609791 Instructional Learning 611110 41697 41697 0 0 0 0 41697 83986 83986 0 0 0 21079 0 -21079 -21079 -21079 Miscellaneous Income 900099 27266 27266 0 0 0 0 27266 28741661 41697 0 90173 6006 6006 254037 254037 11931337 11492697 438640 115128 110133 4995 1890091 1808081 82010 1000922 957493 43429 3354 3354 170101 170101 2669806 2609877 59929 0 2927528 2903748 23780 247406 224911 22495 493425 493043 382 987861 957502 30359 251688 146722 104966 PROGRAM SUPPLIES 2412562 2396297 16265 INDIRECT OVERHEAD EXPENSES 2320959 2320959 FOOD EXPENSES 528796 528450 346 OTHER EXPENSES 467925 461691 6234 0 0 0 0 28678932 25096651 3582281 0 0 0 1748677 716573 571960 2603632 0 0 0 0 23747 21778 7154058 4519797 2513075 2634261 0 0 48987 23548 4906446 5999792 1166347 1922501 0 0 1477812 1752275 2644159 3674776 X 2262287 2325016 2262287 2325016 4906446 5999792 62729 0 X false true true true true X 10482931 13804336 16705170 24972954 28609791 94575182 0 0 10482931 13804336 16705170 24972954 28609791 94575182 851969 93723213 0 0 13756 90240 83986 187982 0 0 0 22600 263 27266 50129 94813293 75722 0.98850 0.99844 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income DESCRIPTION - MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, COLUMN A - 0.0, COLUMN B - 0.0, COLUMN C - 22600.0, COLUMN D - 263.0, COLUMN E - 27266.0, COLUMN F - 50129.0; RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 245707 245707 1681569 938771 742798 1953398 1320451 632947 1341695 1091450 250245 1931689 1169125 762564 2634261 Federal Income Taxes ADVANCES FROM RELATED PARTIES 528727 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES 23548 INTERCOMPANY LOAN PAYABLE 1200000 1752275 30294459 2683053 0 2683053 27611406 1130255 1130255 28741661 31361985 2683053 0 2683053 28678932 0 0 28678932 Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 ASC 740 FOOTNOTE MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4(b) Other revenues in form 990 not in audited financial statements Contract Revenue for Capital Assets - 1130255 true Emergency Family Needs 153 6006 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES CASH ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FUNDS PROVIDED ALLOW THESE FAMILIES TO COVER ANY EMERGENT NEEDS THAT ARISE. false false false false false false false false false Sharon Shetter President 194410 0 34995 0 2398 0 12585 0 9649 0 254037 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED UTILIZING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SALARY SURVEY DATA FOR EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH SIMILAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MARKET ANALYSIS IS EXAMINED BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PARENT ORGANIZATION AND ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION IS RECOMMENDED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PARENT COMPANY FOR DISCUSSION. DELIBERATION AND A BOARD DECISION IS MADE REGARDING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF A COMPENSATION IS APPROVED, THE COMPENSATION IS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. APPROVED COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE RECORDED IN THE PERSONNEL RECORD OF THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH THE RATIONALE FOR ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION. X PROGRAM SUPPLIES 1 350394 Market value 0 false true false Schedule M, Part I COLUMN B - Number of Contributors or Items Contributed THE NUMBERS REPORTED ON COLUMN B REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a Program Service Description The JVLCDG grant provided educational services to 317 children during the 2024-2025 school year. The locations included Victoria ISD, Waelder ISD, Yoakum ISD, Nixon-Smiley ISD, Victoria HS and EHS, Cuero EHS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca EHS. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the EHS CCP grant had a total of 120 children served. The centers that were open were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, Yoakum under this grant. Partnerships with local libraries were made. Center managers partnered with the libraries in their areas and had a literacy program established where parents could get library cards and join events. The libraries donated backpacks and books to our center locations. Parents were involved with committees, events, and parent meetings at each center. Our Policy Council was established by a parent at every location, and many new ideas were suggested and implemented. Parades in this area are exciting and families participate by creating floats and dressing up. Toys for Tots is a big event sponsored in Victoria where many of our Family Specialists helped families sign-up and participate. We have many community partners, but this year one stood out above the rest. The HEB Buddy Event took place which was a fun way to engage all of our centers with local HEB's that we partner with. Families completed activities as well as took Fall pictures with HEB Buddy. The education team set in motion more family engagement by launching Ready Rosie for parents. Through our growing partnerships with the ISD's, we have seen an increase in engagement to help prepare our children to be school ready. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c Program Service Description The Alabama grant provided educational services to 80 children during the 2024-2025 school year. These children were Early Head Start ages birth to 3. Alabama served these children in 5 locations in Walker County: Jasper, Cordova, Dora, Curry, Townley. Partnerships with our local Capstone Clinic and Child Dentistry allowed us to provide medical and dental checkups for the children. We were able to form partnerships with our local school districts, Adam Bishop Center, and ARC of Walker County to provide speech, OT, and mental health services to our children and families. We partnered with The City of Lights, a recovery program for females and have been able to serve their children in our program while the mothers are learning a workforce skill. The policy council has been very involved in our program and voted to allow an expansion which added 6 more classrooms for this upcoming year for ages 3-5. Our family specialists provided recruiting activities each month and worked with our education coaches to provide families with information at monthly meetings to accommodate their needs. The partnerships formed have proven to be a great asset to our area. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 4,018,368 including grants of $ 962) During the 2024-2025 academic school year, the AKW Grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville ISD and Charlotte ISD. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. This year AKW added a by-monthly Father Engagement classroom activity to have more father and/or father figures involved in the children's education. AKW also added the Let's Read Together take-home activities to enhance reading at home with a family member. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend Policy Council meetings via zoom. Teachers continue to send home educational activities daily; this gives parents the opportunity to spend some time with their child at home extending on what they are learning at school. This school year we had 214 parent volunteers. AKW grant continues to implement the parent curriculum called Ready Rosie. Ready Rosie delivers parenting curriculum videos via text. The City of Poteet continued to provide volunteers services each month by mowing the yard, paying for water and trash services. The City of Poteet included in their yearly donations the opportunity to house AKW's mains office, training room and storage shed while donating the rental cost, water and trash services. Our stand-alone sites continue working with the local community partnerships to provide resources and referrals to our families on as needed basis. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Business Relationships PER THE IRS INSTRUCTIONS, CERTAIN BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION'S CURRENT OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, OR KEY EMPLOYEES, AS REPORTED IN PART VII, SECTION A, MUST BE DISCLOSED. BECAUSE OF THE INTERRELATED NATURE OF THE FILING ORGANIZATION WITH ITS RELATED ENTITIES (AS DISCLOSED ON SCHEDULE R), ALL OF THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WITH OVERLAPPING RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b REVIEW OF OTHER OFFICER AND KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION OTHER OFFICER COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS UTILIZING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SALARY SURVEY DATA FOR EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH SIMILAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MARKET ANALYSIS IS EXAMINED BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PARENT ORGANIZATION AND ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION IS RECOMMENDED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, THE COMPENSATION IS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET WHICH IS CONTEMPLATED AND ACTED ON BY THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. APPROVED COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE RECORDED IN THE PERSONNEL RECORD OF THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH THE RATIONALE FOR ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL DESIGNATE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER AND UP TO THREE PERSONS APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. SUBJECT TO THE BYLAWS AND THE GENERAL POLICIES PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE AND SHALL EXECUTE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION. A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FIRSTDAY FOUNDATION, AS THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE ORGANIZATION, HAS THE POWER TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body THE MANAGED SERVICES PROVIDER GENERATES AND REVIEWS THE 990 BY COMPARING PRIOR RETURN WITH CURRENT RETURN. IN ADDITION, ALL FINANCIAL DATA ON THE 990 IS RECONCILED TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AFTER REVIEW IS MADE WITH THE PRESIDENT THE RETURN IS FILED. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD AND OFFICERS ARE COVERED WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND COMPLIANCE POLICY AND REQUIREMENTS. ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD AND OFFICERS MUST COMPLETE A CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST DISCLOSURE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHOULD ARISE, THE PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFLICT IS EXCLUDED FROM DISCUSSION, DEBATE AND DECISION MAKING ON THE MATTER. THIS SHALL INCLUDE THE PERSON WITH THE CONFLICT BEING EXCLUDED FROM A MEETING WHERE ANY MATTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFLICT IS DISCUSSED. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED UTILIZING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SALARY SURVEY DATA FOR EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH SIMILAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE MARKET ANALYSIS IS EXAMINED BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PARENT ORGANIZATION AND ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION IS RECOMMENDED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE COMPENSATION ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PARENT COMPANY FOR DISCUSSION. DELIBERATION AND A BOARD DECISION IS MADE REGARDING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF A COMPENSATION IS APPROVED, THE COMPENSATION IS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. APPROVED COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS ARE RECORDED IN THE PERSONNEL RECORD OF THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH THE RATIONALE FOR ANY COMPENSATION MODIFICATION. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public THE FORM 990, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST BY CONTACTING THE FIRSTDAY FOUNDATION CORPORATE OFFICE. Form 990, Part VII, Section A GOERGE COWDEN COMPENSATION GEORGE COWDEN, CHAIRMAN, RECEIVES COMPENSATION FROM A RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION. NO PART OF HIS COMPENSATION WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS SERVICE AS A BOARD MEMBER. 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