2017-11-15T11:48:34-06:00 2016-12-31 263939360 BOMAN ACCOUNTING GROUP INC 20 UNION AVENUE CAMPBELL CA 95008 990 2016-01-01 943059243 Children Now CHIL 5107632444 1404 Franklin St Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 Edward Lempert President 5107632444 2017-11-13 1 LYNDA R BOMAN CPA P00135429 4088662004 2017-11-13 96.82.71.186 2017-11-13 21:48:43 PS P 23B7AF18952085E5F8F1A3CA627143A24EB0445F 3430749958B186260D7430631A7095C968735FF2 2016 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Edward Lempert 1404 Franklin St Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 7045012 0 X www.childrennow.org X 1988 CA Children Now is a nonpartisan umbrella research, policy development, communications, and advocacy organization working on all key kids issues, and is dedicated to promoting children's health, education and well-being in California. Children Now also coordinates The Children's Movement of California - the member-based Pro-Kid(R) constituency, that represents a grassroots network of over 2,000 business, parent, civil rights, and faith- and community-based organizations, and others, as well as thousands of individuals throughout the state, that support children's well-being. 14 13 49 26 0 0 7501452 6309720 342893 588050 26537 56879 11876 90363 7882758 7045012 120000 0 0 0 4777347 5352851 0 0 260028 1730958 1668151 6628305 7021002 1254453 24010 10824976 10746122 822358 719494 10002618 10026628 X Children Now's mission is to find common ground among influential opinion leaders, interest groups and policymakers, who together can develop and drive socially innovative, "win-win" approaches to helping all children achieve their full potential. 0 0 1397776 412626 HealthChildren Now's health programs focus on ensuring that children have meaningful access to high-quality, affordable health care, including physical, mental, and oral health services, and other key services like home visiting, and developmental screenings that are vital for California's youngest children. Through our health efforts, we have achieved the following: led and coordinated efforts in working to improve and strengthen Medi-Cal access to and quality of care for children and families, including engaging a range of diverse stakeholders to enhance the Medi-Cal Children's Health Advisory Panel, which is helping to improve how Medi-Cal works for children and their parents; raised awareness about the importance of protecting health coverage programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); led efforts to ensure the protection of very sick kids' access to healthcare in the redesign of the California Children's Services program, which provides health care for our state's most medically fragile children; rallied 700 California organizations to demonstrate a strong children's health voice in the federal health care debate; worked with our partners to ensure expanded health coverage to nearly 190,000 undocumented children; pushed the State to collect critical data on the number of children receiving developmental screenings, which led to the initiation of a state study on screenings rates; continued our leadership efforts to promote developmental screenings and early interventions for California's infants and toddlers; built momentum behind expanding and enhancing home visiting programs in California including co-hosting the state's first ever home visiting summit in Sacramento. 3874217 165424 EducationChildren Now's education program aims to ensure every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities, a rigorous TK-12 education, and quality afterschool and summer programs. Through research and analysis, policy development, education and outreach, communications, convenings and advocacy, we have achieved the following: united hundreds of stakeholders who helped secure a multi-year funding commitment to expand the state preschool program for low-income families, and raise reimbursement rates for subsidized child care and preschool providers; made 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; secured major revisions to education and program standards for all new teachers and administrators, including social-emotional learning, positive classroom environment, restorative justice, discriminatory practices, personal and institutional bias, cultural responsivity, mental health and trauma; worked with a range of diverse local organizations to strengthen local districts' commitment to quality early childhood programs; led outreach efforts to ensure successful rollout of the Common Core standards in California by leading a public education, communication and stakeholder engagement effort; worked with policymakers and key stakeholders to promote adoption of an effective Next Generation Science Standards assessment approach and continued to promote STEM education in California; continued work to secure transparent and accessible data in the state's longitudinal student data system, as well as related to the state's new school finance reform regulations; led efforts to improve school climate and help curb the disproportionate rates of suspension and expulsion among at-risk populations; and continued to promote a universal statewide kindergarten readiness tool in California. 602813 10000 Child WelfareChildren Now's child welfare program works to address the comprehensive health, education, and social service needs of children in the child welfare system. Through our efforts, we have achieved the following: led efforts to achieve fundamental improvements to the state's foster care system, including increased investments in Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) and the development of a new child-centered rate system which provides caregivers with resources, supports and services to meet the assessed needs of the children in their care; pushed for the performance measures and oversight to track the outcomes of CCR to ensure the safety and well-being of children and prevent unintended consequences; continued to lead an extensive, multi-faceted outreach campaign to inform former foster youth about their eligibility for Medi-Cal, raise public awareness of coverage for former foster youth, engage in policymaker education to improve enrollment and retention processes for this vulnerable population, and provide technical assistance to public agencies and direct service providers; successfully advanced a program that provides emergency child care for working foster parents; and worked to ensure the release of statewide data that for the first time reports on the academic achievement of students in foster care. 409486 0 Research and Data CollectionChildren Now produces comprehensive reports, fact sheets and policy briefs on topics related to each of our program areas, and provides data support related to children's well-being to a wide range of state and local stakeholders and community members. We produce two marquee publications: 1) the California Report Card, which provides up-to-date data on the status of California's children, addresses recent policy developments, and delivers recommendations for improving children's well-being, and 2) the California County Scorecard of Children's Well Being, which provides policymakers, advocates and community leaders with a much-needed means of measuring and analyzing children's well-being at the county and state level over time, by race and ethnicity, and relative to other counties. This online advocacy and data tool includes easy-to-read graphics depicting counties' unique strengths and vulnerabilities in meeting children's needs. We also released several data reports, including "Starting Now: A Policy Vision for Supporting the Healthy Growth and Development of Every California Baby," which highlights the critical need for increased coordination and funding in the prenatal-to-age-three stage of children's lives. Both of our marquee publications, as well as numerous data reports and briefs, are widely distributed to state and local policy makers, the media, service providers, civic organizations and the general public. Outreach efforts and briefings around these publications and other data reports, as well as the widespread media coverage generated by their release, motivate policymakers and key stakeholders to make children's concerns a top priority. 409486 0 6284292 1 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Kathy Skrainar 5107632444 1404 Franklin St Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 Lenny Mendonca Board Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Gardner Chair Emeritus/Audit Cmte Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 John Garcia Vice President/Nominating Cmte Chair 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mark T Johnsen Treasurer/Finance Cmte Chair 1.00 X 0 0 0 Nancy Murray Secretary/Development Cmte Chair 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jason Salzetti Audit Committee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Arnoldo Avalos Audit Commitee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Gay Krause Finance Committee 0.75 X 0 0 0 David Johnson Finance Committee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Natasha Hoehn Nominating Committee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Tracey Monroe Nominating Committee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Grace Won Nominating Committee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Donna Friedman Meir Nominating Committee 0.25 X 0 0 0 Edward Lempert President 40.00 X 383550 0 91948 Kristen Schutjer-Mance COO and VP, Research 40.00 X 264991 0 61958 Adrienne Bell VP, Development and Communications 40.00 X 155615 0 36188 Brad Strong Senior Director, Education 40.00 X 196163 0 52202 Eileen Espejo Senior Managing Director 40.00 X 130754 0 41345 James Keddy Vice President 40.00 X 164354 0 33116 Kelly Hardy Senior Managing Director, Health 32.00 X 122793 0 40154 Kendra Myers Managing Director, Early Childhood 40.00 X 124808 0 25114 Kathleen Skrainar Senior Director, Finance 40.00 X 125390 0 39463 Robert Manwaring Senior Policy and Fiscal Advisor, Education 32.00 X 122582 0 43714 Samantha Tran Senior Managing Director, Education 40.00 X 148114 0 42252 Stephen Blake Senior Advisor 20.00 X 163650 0 0 Sharyn Church Los Angeles Director 40.00 X 138577 0 15345 Susanna Kniffen Senior Director,Child Welfare Policy 40.00 X 115054 0 27644 Michael Odeh Director, Health Policy 40.00 X 100040 0 19689 2456435 0 570132 15 0 1 0 Lucas Public Affairs 1215 K Street Suite 1010 Sacramento CA 95814 Communication campaign reform efforts. 144360 1 35930 6273790 18000 6309720 Fee for service 900099 588050 588050 588050 56879 56879 85916 0 85916 85916 85916 Miscellaneous receipts 900099 4542 4542 Unemployment reserve 900099 -95 -95 4447 7045012 592497 0 142795 X 648541 566326 81328 887 3666503 3207448 310597 148458 760864 665772 68842 26250 276943 242038 25169 9736 19546 19546 19000 19000 726039 620117 105922 140830 49589 66278 24963 16596 4829 11767 500018 500018 104376 98754 4795 827 61363 27265 33952 146 30383 30383 24477 24477 Miscellaneous 13735 2389 11226 120 Bank and payroll fees 11788 11788 Shared allocation 0 799765 -848406 48641 7021002 6284292 476682 260028 8136525 9061196 2155003 1340003 62478 113382 160621 99842 63080 60779 407890 170762 10824976 10746122 287908 331443 220000 0 314450 388051 822358 719494 X 3410792 4134332 6591826 5892296 10002618 10026628 10824976 10746122 24010 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 3799561 5839622 7196658 7501452 6309720 30647013 3799561 5839622 7196658 7501452 6309720 30647013 13012651 17634362 15594 22175 24478 26537 56879 145663 8587 452 3529 10625 4542 27735 30820411 1176645 0.57220 0.54460 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 31970 90010 121980 6641010 6762990 488150 122038 0 0 366103 430799 466980 488150 1752032 2628048 49120 90356 101304 121980 362760 91526 107700 116745 122038 438009 657014 9740 6674 2901 31970 51285 132539 96713 35826 28082 3129 24953 60779 Security Deposit 5122 Deferred rent 39185 Deferred compensation 343744 388051 X 7123906 78894 78894 7045012 0 7045012 7099896 78894 78894 7021002 0 7021002 Part X, Line 2: Tax position disclosure Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. 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The Executive Committee members are also members of the board and their names and titles are: 1) Lenny Mendonca, Chair 2) Jane Gardner, Chair Emeritus 3) John Garcia, Vice Chair 4) Mark T. Johnsen, Treasurer 5) Nancy Murray, Secretary 6) Edward Lempert, President 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 15 In an executive session at the Board's annual meeting, the Board reviews compensation of the President and Chief Operating Officer. The deliberations are contemporaneously documented by the chair of the board. Salary comparables are reviewed upon setting single or multiple-year compensation packages. Last review was in 2016. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Professional: Program service expenses 620,117. Management and general expenses 105,922. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 726,039. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C Organization's auditor selection and oversight process is consistent to prior years. Children Now Action Fund 1404 Franklin Street Suite 700 Oakland CA 94612 943059144 To promote and advocate for the improvement of children's welfare. CA 501(c)(4) Line 7 CHILDREN NOW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 CHILDREN NOW ACTION FUND Q 261 ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED