2015-11-16T13:41:28-06:00 2014-12-31 263939360 BOMAN ACCOUNTING GROUP INC 30 UNION AVENUE SUITE 210 CAMPBELL CA 95008 990 2014-01-01 943059243 Children Now CHIL 5107632444 1404 Franklin St Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 Edward Lempert President 5107632444 2015-11-16 1 LYNDA R BOMAN CPA P00135429 4088662004 2015-11-13 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z Edward Lempert 1404 Franklin St Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 7354099 0 X www.childrennow.org X 1988 CA Children Now is the leading, nonpartisan, umbrella research, policy development and advocacy organization dedicted to promoting children's health, education and safety in California and creating national media policies that support child development. 19 18 41 22 0 0 5839622 7196658 54502 127949 21885 24478 4639 5014 5920648 7354099 0 676875 0 0 3322251 3872793 0 0 382457 1237612 1434451 4559863 5984119 1360785 1369980 8056734 9630818 678549 882653 7378185 8748165 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 1624395 676875 39453 HealthChildren Now's health programs focus on ensuring that children have meaningful access to high-quality, affordable health care, including physical, mental, and dental 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: continued to raise awareness around the value of school-based health services in improving outcomes for children, including programs like the California Children's Dental Disease Prevention Program (CCDDPP), the Early Mental Health Initiative (EMHI), and the Black Infant Health Program; engaged a range of diverse stakeholders in the effort to make numerous enhancements to the Medi-Cal Children's Health Advisory Panel, which is helping to improve how Medi-Cal works for children and their parents; continued our leadership efforts around increasing the rate of developmental screenings and early interventions for California's infants and toddlers; led efforts to ensure that children with autism spectrum disorders enrolled in Medi-Cal have coverage for needed behavioral therapy; worked with our allies to ensure that medical insurance plans sold through Covered California now include pediatric dental benefits for children younger than 19; successfully implemented a medical-dental collaboration pilot project in Los Angeles County that seeks to increase the dental utilization rate of young children enrolled in Medi-Cal; built momentum behind expanding and enhancing home visiting programs in California; and continued to promote the value of health homes, a family-centered model of health care delivery that provides comprehensive services in a coordinated and accessible manner. 2364106 88496 EducationChildren Now's education program aims to ensure every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities, a rigorous K-12 education, and quality afterschool and summer programs. Through research and analysis, policy development, education and outreach, communication, convenings and advocacy, we have achieved the following: provided deep and timely technical analysis and guidance to statewide, regional, and local stakeholders on California's new school finance reform regulations; helped craft the approach used to calculate supplemental funding for California's low income students, English learners, and foster youth during the transition to fully funding the new school finance reform regulations; led a public education, communication and stakeholder engagement effort to ensure successful roll out of the Common Core standards in California; played a lead role in unifying a diverse field of stakeholders to show support for increasing state investments and strengthening quality improvement efforts in early learning programs; led a policy dialogue with external partners across the state around the adoption of Next Generation Science Standards, and continued to promote STEM education in California; led efforts to improve school climate and help curb the disproportionate rates of suspension and expulsion among at-risk populations; continued to play a primary policy and advocacy role in promoting a universal statewide kindergarten readiness tool for transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms in California; promoted the effective integration of career pathways and expanded learning time opportunities to maximize student instructional time and engagement, and promoted the inclusion of college and career indicators in the state's accountability system; and facilitated the Chronic Absence and Attendance Partnership and continued to lead California's attendance and chronic absence efforts. 443496 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 Childrens 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. Both of these publications, as well as numerous data reports and briefs, are widely distributed to state and local policymakers, 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. 735108 0 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: reached thousands of former foster youth around the state through CoveredTil26, a multi-faceted advocacy, outreach, and education campaign to make them aware that they now have an extension of health care coverage until the age of 26 under the Affordable Care Act, and to help them access it; supported foster caregivers by educating local and county level stakeholders about the Approved Relative Caregiver (ARC) program, allowing foster children placed with relatives to receive state foster care funding equal to those placed with non-relatives, with a focus on bringing the full spectrum of supports and services to older foster youth and probation youth so they are able to thrive in a family setting; helped ensure that foster youth are now identified through California's student data system, so that school districts can ensure that the new school funding model is implemented in a way that benefits foster youth students as intended; and set the groundwork needed to strengthen the legal rights of foster youth by working to help lower the caseloads of foster youth attorneys to ensure that all foster youth receive effective legal representation. 735108 0 5167105 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 2 1 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 18 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 Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 John Garcia Vice 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 Donna Friedman Meir Nominating Committee (Chair) 0.30 X 0 0 0 Grace Won Nominating Committee 0.30 X 0 0 0 Natasha Hoehn Nominating Committee 0.30 X 0 0 0 Gloria Tristani Member 0.10 X 0 0 0 Gay Krause Finance Committee 0.80 X 0 0 0 David G Johnson Finance Committee 0.40 X 0 0 0 Pete Bewley Finance Committee 0.80 X 0 0 0 Susanne Daniels Development Committee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Neal Bear MD Development Committee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Jim Cunnneen Audit Chair 0.10 X 0 0 0 Jason Salzetti Audit Committee 0.50 X 0 0 0 Hon Cruz Reynoso Audit Committee 0.30 X 0 0 0 Laura Casas Audit Committee 0.30 X 0 0 0 Edward Lempert President 40.00 X 483121 0 95355 Kristen Schutjer-Mance VP, Operations and Research 40.00 X 185300 0 61934 Adrienne Bell VP, Development and Communications 40.00 X 123923 0 8282 Debra Brown Associate Director, Education Policy 40.00 X 110620 0 36374 Sharyn Church Los Angeles Director 40.00 X 121923 0 18557 Eileen Espejo Director, Media and Health Policy 40.00 X 104292 0 26486 Jessica Mindnich Director, Research 40.00 X 106039 0 22759 Kathleen Skrainar Director, Finance 40.00 X 111028 0 39538 Brad Strong Senior Director, Education Policy 40.00 X 136946 0 50799 Samantha Tran Senior Managing Director, Education 40.00 X 135585 0 27083 1618777 0 387167 10 0 1 0 0 186675 7009983 15000 7196658 Fee for service 900099 127949 127949 127949 24478 24478 Miscellaneous receipts 900099 3529 3529 Unemployment reserve 900099 1485 1485 5014 7354099 132963 0 24478 X 676875 676875 556525 509055 44972 2498 2531644 2010416 295594 225634 576283 478696 51806 45781 208341 173398 18882 16061 10519 10519 12200 12200 931871 828622 83757 19492 97844 31307 46534 20003 25728 2267 23454 7 203043 203043 69519 67289 2012 218 32687 16527 15051 1109 16250 16250 22331 22331 Bank and payroll fees 8905 8905 Miscellaneous 3554 510 2615 429 Shared allocation 0 372143 -423368 51225 5984119 5167105 434557 382457 6359550 6934884 1465918 2219628 85283 64875 86109 43938 40331 42171 105652 369260 8056734 9630818 407159 318176 250125 271390 314352 678549 882653 X 2608008 2762181 4770177 5985984 7378185 8748165 8056734 9630818 1369980 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2170128 6674413 3799561 5839622 7196658 25680382 2170128 6674413 3799561 5839622 7196658 25680382 11705102 13975280 13146 19114 15594 22175 24478 94507 4575 666 8587 452 3529 17809 25792698 346578 0.54180 0.53960 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6674 83682 90356 5525617 5615973 430799 107700 0 0 365168 326486 366103 430799 1488556 2232834 54511 70048 49120 90356 264035 91292 81622 91526 107700 372140 558210 851 11921 9740 6674 29186 82768 43239 39529 3341 699 2642 42171 Deferred rent 4060 Deferred compensation 190292 Grants payable beyond one year 120000 314352 X 7366396 12297 12297 7354099 0 7354099 5996416 12297 12297 5984119 0 5984119 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. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by the Organization in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. 1 The Children's PartnershipTides Center 1351 3rd Street Promenade 206 Santa Monica CA 904011321 225625 To build sustainable, statewide infrastructure for health insurance coverage for children and youth in California. Children's Defense Fund-California 2201 Broadway Suite 815 Oakland CA 94612 225625 To build sustainable, statewide infrastructure for health insurance coverage for children and youth in California. PICO California 171 Santa Rosa Avenue Oakland CA 946101316 225625 To build sustainable, statewide infrastructure for health insurance coverage for children and youth in California. 3 Part I, Line 2: Through re-grant agreements, we establish expectations for the grants, ensure the grantee's eligibility and establish that funds are used as outlined in the original proposal. Grantees are also required to report within time frames designated in the original proposal and agreement. The final report is reviewed by the policy lead and the President. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edward Lempert President 442170 0 40951 0 0 0 62572 0 32783 0 578476 0 111895 0 Kristen Schutjer-Mance VP, Operations and Research 163869 0 21431 0 0 0 32004 0 29930 0 247234 0 0 0 Kathleen Skrainar Director, Finance 100828 0 10200 0 0 0 6840 0 32698 0 150566 0 0 0 Brad Strong Senior Director, Education Policy 123946 0 13000 0 0 0 20924 0 29875 0 187745 0 0 0 Samantha Tran Senior Managing Director, Education 121585 0 14000 0 0 0 7361 0 19722 0 162668 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1 The Executive Committee has the power and authority to act as the full Board except as to those matters reserved to the full Board under its bylaws. 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 11 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 Vice President. 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 2014. 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 816,122. Management and general expenses 83,757. Fundraising expenses 19,492. Total expenses 919,371. Fellow: Program service expenses 12,500. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 12,500.