Kids First Chicago for Education
Kids First Chicago for Education
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More about this organization
Mission
Kids First Chicago's mission is to dramatically improve education for Chicago's children by ensuring high-quality public schools are accessible to all families. We believe that a healthy education environment where kids, schools, and communities thrive is the key to a world-class city. We believe that those closest to our students - families, community members, and educators - are best equipped to design policies and systems that will improve equity and lead to stronger outcomes for our students, our communities, and our city.
About
Conducive environment - through the creation of a community and family engagement arm of its work, K1C aims to empower families with the information to make the best choices for their children's education and to help shape education policy to better serve all of Chicago's PK-12 public school children. K1C offers free enrollment workshops to help parents and students understand their school options and navigate the application process. K1C also works with parents to help them advocate for education issues that are important to their families and communities, with the goal of having high-performing schools and programs in every area of the city.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is outlined in the filing as “See schedule o”.
When discussing its operations, they were defined as: “K1c works to ensure that every chicago family and child has access to high-quality education by empowering families & providing data analysis to shape education policy/systems.”.
- The state where the non-profit operates has been legally reported as IL.
- The filing indicates that the non-profit's address in 2020 is located at 21 S Clark Street Suite 4301, Chicago, IL, 60603.
- The non-profit has reported 19 employees on their form as of 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $738,199.
- The CEO's remuneration policy within the organization is established through an impartial review and endorsement process.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 18 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2004.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization engages in lobbying activities.
- The organization pays $1,439,148 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $331,763 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.