2024-03-04T15:09:01-08:00 2023-12-31 680228024 HARMON BURSTYN CPA 1012 HACIENDA DR WALNUT CREEK CA 94598 990 2023-01-01 824292823 GOOD2KNOW PARTNERS GOOD 6503646600 50 Woodside Plaza 634 Redwood City CA 94061 Karen D Alden CEO 2024-03-04 true Karen D Alden 999009999 true Harmon Burstyn P00855188 9252863522 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Karen D Alden 50 Woodside Plaza 634 Redwood City CA 94061 356518 false X www.good2knownetwork.org X 2018 CA Good2Know Partners supports quality care and learning for every child aged birth through 5 years old by supporting the adults who care for and educate them. Good2Know Partners launched Good2Know Network in San Mateo County to serve as a free, online resource to support early childhood care and learning providers. 4 4 4 0 371534 353015 3500 3500 547 3 0 375581 356518 0 0 270374 284901 0 0 64151 45805 334525 330706 41056 25812 84144 127772 333 355 83811 127417 Good2Know Partners supports quality care and learning for every child aged birth through 5 years old by supporting the adults who care for and educate them. Good2Know Partners launched Good2Know Network in San Mateo County to serve as a free, online resource to support early childhood care and learning providers. false false 260324 Good2Know Network, an online information source and community for childcare providers and early learning teachers, is Good2Know Partners flagship program. More than 600 childcare providers and early learning teachers have opted in to receive Good2Know Networks weekly newsletter. Good2Know Network has become a key partner to County organizations serving, developing and advocating for early childhood educators.Good2Know Network has a new content-rich, user-friendly website that will launch in Spring 2023. This will enable Good2Know Network. to reach childcare providers throughout the United States.Guide to services for children aged 0-5 with special needs - Good2Know Partners developed online resources for childcare providers and early learning teachers who want to provide services to children with special needs and/or connect families to special needs resources.Good2Know Partners, in partnership with other nonprofit organizations, organized and hosted free webinars on topics related to early learning including: Early Childhood Education Provider Self-Care Tips & Tools, and Helping Young Children Adapt to Group Care following COVID closures. 260324 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true false false true true false false false CA X X Karen D Alden 6503646600 55 Orchard Hills Street Atherton CA 94027 Jordan Kuwik Analytics Manager 40.00 0.00 113420 0 0 Karen D Alden CEO 40.00 0.00 X 10000 0 0 Shelley A Carella Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cyrena Chih Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marcos Perez Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 123420 1 false false false 0 353015 322560 353015 Program 900099 3500 3500 3500 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 356518 3500 3 0 0 0 0 10000 8000 2000 0 223299 178639 44660 0 33083 26466 6617 18519 14815 3704 0 125 125 3199 3199 0 0 0 0 1253 1253 10673 8538 2135 10100 8080 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2744 2195 549 Employee Reimbursements 6242 4994 1248 Translation 4020 4020 Subscriptions 3434 2747 687 Payroll Service Fees 1094 1094 2921 1830 1091 330706 260324 70382 0 57279 18553 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109219 0 0 0 26865 0 84144 127772 333 355 333 355 X 83811 127417 83811 127417 84144 127772 25812 17794 X false false false X 125601 106221 158176 371534 353015 1114547 0 0 125601 106221 158176 371534 353015 1114547 949207 165340 31 7 2 547 3 590 0 0 1115137 0.14830 0.15530 X Current Year Facts and Circumstances: Facts and Circumstances to Meet Public Charity Status -The Good2Know Partners CommunityThe mission of Good2Know Partners is to inform, support, and celebrate the vitally important service provided by early childhood care and learning providers. Research about early brain development makes clear that children begin learning at birth, and that the care and learning that takes place during the early years of life has an enormous impact on a childs future academic success, health outcomes, and lifelong opportunities. Yet, when it comes to wages, benefits, work/life balance, and careeropportunities, the childcare workforce is at the lowest rung of the economic ladder.Good2Know Network offers a website and free weekly newsletter subscription to San Mateo County, California early childhood care and learning providers. Beginning on November 9, 2018, and continuing until the present, Good2Know Network has created and delivered Friday morning newsletters to the Good2Know Network early childhood community.Newsletter articles are designed to inform and inspire early childhood care and learning providers.Good2Know Network newsletters include original content on key issues like family engagement, inclusion and equity, and developmental milestones; low or no-cost play-based learning activities; and bite-sized descriptions of the latest early education research and instructional theories. Good2Know Network newsletters also provide links to free, useful resources, and information about low or no-costevents and webinars that are of interest to early childhood care and learning providers.Good2Know Network surveys its users a few times each year to evaluate its service and find out what website content would be most relevant to our early childhood provider stakeholders.In 2023, Good2Know Partners will expand its reach nationwide and launch a new website to accommodate and make it easier to navigate the hundreds of original articles Good2Know Network has published since its launch.Fundraising and Financial SupportGood2Know Partners actively seeks funding, on an ongoing basis, from charitable foundations and from local and state government agencies. The organizations Executive Director is responsible for fundraising.Individuals also make donations to Good2Know Partners. These donations come, for the most part, from people who learn about the work of Good2Know Partners through their interaction with Good2Know Partners Executive Director. Beginning in 2022, individual members of the organizations board of directors have been asked to make an annual contribution in an amount that is meaningful for them.The list of individuals who have contributed to Good2Know Partners is listed below*. Good2Know Partners is not a membership organization, but it does have 600 subscribers to its free weekly newsletter. The majority of these subscribers are early childhood care and learning providers located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The number of subscribers is expected to grow substantially following the 2023 launch of the new website.Despite the enormous contribution early childhood care and learning providers make through their work with families and children, their wages are lower than for any other profession. For this reason, Good2Know Network does not ask its subscribers to make a financial contribution to the organization.Good2Know Partners Board of Directors & Advisory CouncilBoard of DirectorsThe Good2Know Partners Board of Directors is currently comprised of the Executive Director and three other board members.Two of the board members are parents of children under the age of 5 and are child care and preschool provider customers.Two board members have extensive professional experience in digital product management and digital marketing.One board member has expertise in Finance, Accounting, and Operations.One board member has worked in a business start-up that developed learning software for preschool-aged children.All three board members live in the San Francisco Bay Area.One board member has experience advocating for legislation that supports child care providers, young children, and families; researching and writing white papers on the early learning landscape and challenges; and serving on community committees that support a healthy early childhood care and learning community environment.Good2Know Partners will add two Board members from outside of the San Francisco Bay Area in 2023 to better reflect the expanded reach of Good2Know Network.Advisory CouncilIn addition to the Board of Directors, Good2Know Partners benefits from the experience and input of its 5-member Advisory Council. Every member of the Advisory Council is an early childhood care and learning provider, and includes both early learning centers and home-based child care businesses.The Advisory Council meets once a quarter to share professional experiences and to suggest opportunities for Good2Know Network to serve the immediate needs of the current early childhood care and learning environment. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 1 322560 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft is provided for review. Any needed changes are made prior to its filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Form 990 is available at irs.gov and guidestar.org. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request.