CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC (EIN 04-3584367)
Tax period: 2015-04-01 to 2016-03-31
Filed: 2016-11-14
IRS object ID: 201613199349305541
Schema version: 2015v2.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-14T12:32:52-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	043027605	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAMET & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1330 BOYLSTON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHESTNUT HILL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	024672111	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-04-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043584367	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CRAD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6177794700	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	155 NORTH BEACON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BRIGHTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LYNN MARGHERIO	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT / CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6177794700	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	PAUL FORD CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01332603	PTIN
Phone	6177311222	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	LYNN MARGHERIO	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	155 NORTH BEACON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BRIGHTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$14,827,329	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.CRADLESTOCRAYONS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE, FREE OF CHARGE, CHILDREN LIVING IN LOW INCOME SITUATIONS WITH THE EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS THEY NEED.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	61	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	57023	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,614,029	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$13,750,804	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$32,261	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$42,844	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,646,290	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$13,793,648	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$815,625	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,720,213	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$830,546	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,473,696	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$9,700,519	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,289,321	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$13,420,732	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$643,031	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$372,916	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$7,408,651	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,884,498	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$328,399	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$539,937	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$7,080,252	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,344,561	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROVIDE, FREE OF CHARGE, LOW-INCOME AND HOMELESS CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO PRE-TEEN WITH THE BASIC ESSENTIALS THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE, WARM, READY TO LEARN AND VALUED. WE ALSO LAY A FOUNDATION FOR LASTING CHANGE THROUGH MEANINGFUL, TANGIBLE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND ADULTS EACH YEAR.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$11,999,741	ExpenseAmt
Desc	DURING THE PERIOD APRIL 1, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2016, CRADLES TO CRAYONS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 197,500 PACKAGES OF HIGH QUALITY EVERYDAY ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO CHILDREN LIVING IN LOW-INCOME OR HOMELESS SITUATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND PENNSYLVANIA. THIS INCLUDES MORE THAN 76,000 CUSTOMIZED "C2C" KIDPACKS" WHICH ARE FILLED WITH CLOTHING, SHOES, BOOKS, TOYS AND MORE. IN ORDER TO COLLECT THESE ITEMS, C2C ENGAGED COMMUNITIES IN BOTH MASSACHUSETTS AND PENNSYLVANIA TO HOST CHILDREN'S PRODUCT DRIVES ON C2C'S BEHALF. DONATED ITEMS WERE SORTED, INSPECTED AND PACKAGED BY MORE THAN 57,000 VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE. PACKAGES WERE THEN PICKED UP AND DELIVERED, AT NO COST, TO THE FAMILIES C2C SERVES THROUGH COLLABORATING WITH A NETWORK OF SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$11,999,741	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	61	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6177794720	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	155 NORTH BEACON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	BRIGHTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02135	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
STUART DAVIES
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JACK GREENBERG
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JORDAN HITCH
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL MATSON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PHYLLIS YALE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DEAN ATHANASIA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NEIL NICOLL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNN MARGHERIO
PRESIDENT/CEO/TREASURER	40.00		$191,058	$0	$10,853	Yes (X)
SHARON REILLY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOSTON	40.00		$167,236	$0	$10,191		Yes (X)
MICHAL SMITH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PHILAD	40.00		$125,045	$0	$8,863			Yes (X)
JULIE LIMA
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT	40.00		$121,373	$0	$8,763			Yes (X)
ELLEN MANNING
VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES	40.00		$118,463	$0	$11,386			Yes (X)
EDWARD FOX
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS	40.00		$117,866	$0	$14,910			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$841,041	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$64,966	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	6	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ROOM 40 GROUP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 MILK STREET 16TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02109	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	CONSULTING	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$190,750	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$13,750,804	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$6,943,922	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$13,750,804	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$108,474	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$108,474	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$968,051	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,033,681	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$65,630	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$65,630	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$65,630	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,793,648	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$42,844	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$326,929	TotalAmt
Program Services	$242,903	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,501	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,525	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,791,365	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,073,945	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$243,344	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$474,076	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,698	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,953	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,984	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,761	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$311,946	TotalAmt
Program Services	$231,771	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,195	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$52,980	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$244,275	TotalAmt
Program Services	$181,493	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,295	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$41,487	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,035	TotalAmt
Program Services	$690	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$293	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$52	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,973	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,677	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,350	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,256	TotalAmt
Management And General	$27,256	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$348,423	TotalAmt
Program Services	$232,309	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$98,693	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,421	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$154,839	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,044	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,498	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$26,297	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$488,952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$453,268	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,879	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,805	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,803	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,899	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,441	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$184,133	TotalAmt
Program Services	$136,809	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,272	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,630	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,763	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,146	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DONATED GOODS	$6,943,922	$6,943,922
CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS	$827,503	$827,503
SUPPLIES PRINTING AND R	$135,979	$127,809	$8,170
EVENT SUPPLIES AND EXPE	$82,015	$40,810		$41,205

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$334,689	TotalAmt
Program Services	$231,973	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67,988	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$34,728	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,420,732	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,999,741	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$590,445	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$830,546	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,201,919	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,875,688	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$142,296	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$590,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$593,819	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$237,834	BOYAmt
EOY	$104,500	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,957	BOYAmt
EOY	$122,183	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,566,230	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,041,876	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$643,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$524,354	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,726,459	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,590,936	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$916,672	BOYAmt
EOY	$887,982	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,740	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,408,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,884,498	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,421	BOYAmt
EOY	$444,664	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$92,978	BOYAmt
EOY	$95,273	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$328,399	BOYAmt
EOY	$539,937	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,774,624	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,048,387	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,305,628	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,296,174	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,080,252	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,344,561	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,408,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,884,498	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$372,916	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$108,607	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,520,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,572,379	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$12,601,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,614,029	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,750,804	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,058,536	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,520,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$9,572,379	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$12,601,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,614,029	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,750,804	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,058,536	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$46,058,536	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$47,884	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$84,711	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$95,432	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$19,342	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$108,474	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$355,843	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$46,414,379	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99230	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99490	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CRADLES TO CRAYONS, INC. CHANGED THEIR YEAR END TO MARCH 31 IN THE PRIOR YEAR. THUS, FISCAL YEAR 2015 WAS A THREE MONTH PERIOD AND THE AMOUNTS IN THE 2014 COLUMN ARE FOR THIS SHORT FISCAL YEAR. THE AMOUNTS IN THE 2014 COLUMN ARE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR APRIL 1, 2015 TO MARCH 31, 2015. THE AMOUNTS IN THE 2013 COLUMN ARE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2014.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,705,628	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$176,083	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$185,537	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,696,174	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,681,579	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$32,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,951	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,705,628	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,014,314	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,821,279	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$154,014	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$2,681,579	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,043,083	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$462,626	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$491,395	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,014,314	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,782,870	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$357,025	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,096,812	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,043,083	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.51930	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.48070	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$501,799	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$309,671	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$192,128	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$209,176	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$139,527	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$69,649	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$855,255	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$592,678	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$262,577	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$524,354	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
SPDR BARCLAYS ETF	$417,732	F
VANGUARD TOTAL BOND	$470,250	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$887,982	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DEFERRED RENT	Desc
Amt	$95,273	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$95,273	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$13,810,644	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$108,607	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$125,603	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$16,996	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$13,793,648	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$13,793,648	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$13,546,335	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$125,603	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$125,603	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$13,420,732	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$13,420,732	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART V, LINE 4:

THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE TO BE USED PRIMARILY FOR NATIONAL EXPANSION.

PART X, LINE 2:

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ("FASB") HAS ISSUED A STANDARD THAT CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING AND RECOGNITION OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE ORGANIZATION'S INCOME TAX RETURNS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ANALYZED TAX POSITIONS TAKEN FOR FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND ALL STATE JURISDICTIONS WHERE IT OPERATES. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT INCOME TAX POSITIONS WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR CASH FLOWS. ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT RECORDED ANY RESERVES OR RELATED ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS. IF THE ORGANIZATION INCURS INTEREST OR PENALTIES AS A RESULT OF UNRECOGNIZED TAX POSITIONS THE POLICY IS TO CLASSIFY INTEREST ACCRUED WITH INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES THEREON WITH GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. THE ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	Yes (1)	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
LYNN MARGHERIO
PRESIDENT/CEO/TREASURER	$171,058	$0	$20,000	$0	$0	$0	$5,732	$0	$5,121	$0	$201,911	$0	$0	$0
SHARON REILLY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOSTON	$155,986	$0	$11,250	$0	$0	$0	$5,017	$0	$5,174	$0	$177,427	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART 1, LINE 6A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE CEO'S BONUS IS CONTINGENT ON THE NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$6,943,922	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER REVIEW ALL THE LINE ITEMS ON THE FORM 990. ONCE THEY FEEL THE FORM 990 IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE FORM 990 IS MAILED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR REVIEW.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ALL BOARD MEMBERS, KEY EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION ARE AWARE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. ANY EMPLOYEE, BOARD MEMBER OR OTHERS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IS REQUIRED TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE CEO, WHO IN TURN WILL DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS IS DETERMINED BY THE INDEPENDENT BOARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	UPON REQUEST, THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS LOCATED ON GUIDESTAR AND CHARITY NAVIGATOR. UPON REQUEST, THE ORGANIZATION WILL SEND ELECTRONICALLY OR MAIL A COPY OF THE FORM 1023 OR 990 TO THE REQUESTEE.
FORM 990 PART XII LINE 2C:	NO CHANGES FROM PRIOR YEAR