2026-04-22T13:11:13-05:00 2025-06-30 271494012 Hinkle & Company PC 750 W Hampden Avenue Suite 400 Englewood CO 80110 990 2024-07-01 814513934 Early Childhood Partnership of Adams Cou EARL 3034282929 8859 Fox Drive Suite 205 205 Thornton CO 802606831 Michael Marisco Board Chair 3034282929 2026-04-22 1 1 James D Hinkle P00532558 3037961000 2026-04-22 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Michael Marisco 8859 Fox Drive Suite 205 205 Thornton CO 802606831 2402289 0 X ecpac.org X 2017 CO Building a community where every young child, their family, and early childhood professional can reach their full potential. 14 14 25 20 0 0 3176135 2399251 4675 2114 4343 133 8242 791 3193395 2402289 0 0 0 0 1568072 1501115 0 0 8259 1541962 713925 3110034 2215040 83361 187249 905106 1153213 85918 144052 819188 1009161 X Building a community where every young child, their family, and early childhood professional can reach their full potential. 0 0 2025165 2905 See Schedule O:ECPAC accomplishes its mission through its focus on improving the systems that support young children, families and early childhood professionals by working with organizational partners, early care and educational programs, and families to improve equitable access to affordable and high quality services and supports. This includes strengthening partnerships and shared accountability, improved use of and increased investment, increased public will, improved policies, and the provision of professional and leadership development. Additionally, ECPAC provides direct services to early care and education ECE programs and families. ECC programs and professionals receive coaching and learning materials to support quality, career navigation, early childhood mental health consultation, and support navigating resources. Families are provided with resource navigation, parenting classes and groups, and access to supplies such as diaper, wipes, formula, baby supplies, and children's clothing. 2025165 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 0 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CO X The Organization 3034282929 8859 Fox Dr 205 Thornton CO 802606831 Drew O'Connor Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kristen Morel Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Hicks Vice Chair II 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sadie Wych Interim Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Dani Duncan Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Mike Marsico Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Damian Rosenberg Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Hanni Raley Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sandy Iantorno Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paolo Diaz Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kristina Sullivan Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Obi Ezeadi Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Melody Hodge Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Vanessa Roggero Solis Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Jansen Thompson Executive Director 40.00 X 120341 0 0 120341 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1911421 487830 20650 2399251 Program Fees 624100 2114 2114 2114 133 133 791 791 791 2402289 2905 0 133 1501115 1359302 137162 4651 112964 106753 6073 138 9916 9674 242 20748 20241 494 13 61349 25101 33357 2891 16568 16398 170 7274 7274 Direct Program Expenses 442310 439358 2916 36 Staff Training 34141 33671 470 Dues and Subscriptions 3902 3807 95 Equipment 2776 2776 1977 810 732 435 2215040 2025165 181616 8259 290660 690979 67119 67169 511495 281299 7923 83439 5983 5983 0 0 25701 28119 2208 2208 905106 1153213 85918 144052 85918 144052 X 546190 730731 272998 278430 819188 1009161 905106 1153213 187249 2726 -2 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2525593 3566264 2153072 3176135 2399251 13820315 2525593 3566264 2153072 3176135 2399251 13820315 67255 13753060 352 34 2668 4343 133 7530 13827845 0.99460 0.98370 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5983 5983 0 0 X 2405015 2726 2726 2402289 0 2402289 2215040 0 2215040 0 2215040 Part X, Line 2: ECPAC follows FASB ASC 740 Income Taxes, which requires entities to determine whether a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority. ECPAC has evaluated tax positions taken related to its tax-exempt status, and none are considered to be uncertain; therefore, no amounts have been recognized as of June 30, 2024 and 2025. 0 0 0 Schedule M, Part I, Line 25 The number of contributions is provided on line 25 for miscellaneous items. The number of items received is reported for food items. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a The Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County (ECPAC) is cultivating an early childhood ecosystem, where every child and family in Adams County has equitable access to the high quality and affordable services and supports they need to thrive. The following program service accomplishments are highlighted in three core areas. Early Learning / Early Care & Education (ECE): During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, ECPAC, 68 ECE programs (Centers and Family Child Care Homes) received a total of 1,418.75 hours of individualized coaching. 54 Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) received individualized support for their business and program. Through Career Navigation, 107 professionals received support to reach their career goals; ECPAC provided 267 ECE programs with outreach and information, including how to connect with quality improvement supports and other available resources; ECPAC was able to offer 28 professional development opportunities to ECE professionals with 96% reporting that the professional development supported them to stay in the ECE profession. With the state Emerging and Expanding grant opportunity, ECPAC supported 5 ECE programs with funds to support their ability to expand programming or start new programming. Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: This year ECPAC provided and supported: 13 ECE programs, 12 classrooms, and 34 child focused cases with mental health consultation to support socially emotionally rich environments and to help adults better understand both typical behavior and behavior that adults can find challenging Additionally ECPAC offered 4 trainings for ECE professionals to further learning about development and addressing behaviors and mental health needs of children and adults and provided parenting classes for 31 families. Our consultants completed 11 screenings for children with 15 referrals to services such as early developmental services, mental health services, home visitation programs and to ECPAC's Family Support Specialists. Child and Family Health and Wellbeing: ECPAC provided resource navigation support to 232 families (162 new and 70 existing). ECPAC Family Support Specialists facilitated 500 referrals to community-based services and approximately 73.6% resulted in successful connections. ECPAC offered 30 series of parenting classes and groups to 178 (unduplicated) families. Eleven (11) of these series were offered in collaboration with community partners; were co-located. ECPAC completed various social norming messages to reduce stigma related to help-seeking and help-offering for families during the perinatal period. Multiple public education materials were also created for families with guidance provided by families with young children (both English and Spanish Speakers). ECPAC continues to co-locate in other areas of the county to help reduce barriers to accessing care. ECPAC hosted a tax preparation team in Commerce City for the fourth year, with a total of 133 families beign supported thorugh this partnership with Mile High United Way. Systems Change: To support improved systems for young children, families and early childhood professionals, ECPAC System Change: This year ECPAC provided and supported: 6 collaborations, working with our organizational, ECE, and family partners to address the complex social issues of: 1) Prevention of child abuse/neglect and promotion of mental health and family financial wellbeing; 2) ECE workforce shortages; 3) Access to services and supports; 4) Shared strategies to support providers related to the freeze on the Child Care Assistance Program; 5) Lack of affordable infant and toddler care; and 6) Available services for pregnant and postpartum families. ECPAC supported 14 dedicated family leaders working to reduce mental health stigma and increase access to resources through an 8 month policy and system change curriculum. Families report increases in knowledge about community issues, their leadership skills, having ownership over decisions made, confidence, and a greater sense of belonging. ECPAC offered 15 professional development opportunities for 393 (duplicated) /249 (unduplicated) professionals from 61 organizations to improve the quality of services children and families receive. ECPAC continued to support service programs being added to the Resource and Referral Platform for a total of 108 programs from 48 organizations so that Adams County residents can more easily connect to resources and services. ECPAC monitored the legislative session but did not take any official positions on legislative bills. ECPAC focused attention instead of advocacy related to funding for young children and families at the state and local leval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b ECPAC's treasurer and executive director are responsible for the timely preparation of the Form 990. The treasurer and the executive director may utilize the professional assistance of accountants and/or legal counsel in preparation of the Form 990. Copies of the completed Form 990, including required schedules, will be reviewed by the finance committee of the ECPAC governing Board of Directors. Any questions or concerns will be noted and addressed. The treasurer and the executive director shall ensure that any appropriate changes are incorporated in the Form 990, which then shall be signed by the chair or other authorized officer of the organization. The Form 990 shall be filed with the IRS on a timely basis. Copies of the filed Form 990 shall be made available to all other ECPAC board members, partner organizations or other interested parties that request a copy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The financial policies of ECPAC state: "Each member of the ECPAC Board of Directors is expected to provide all material facts and personal interests that may be determined to present a conflict of interest prior to any discussion or negotiation of a particular transaction or arrangement, including issues of compensation. Any person who is deemed to have a personal, professional, business or other interest in the transaction or arrangement may be present for its discussion and to answer questions, but must leave the meeting during the discussion of and vote on the transaction or arrangement." Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The annual process for determining compensation is as follows: the executive committee shall annually evaluate the executive director on his/her performance, and ask for his/her input on matters of performance and compensation. Board Approval: the executive committee will make a recommendation to the full Board for the compensation (salary and benefits) of the executive director based on a review of performance. Compensation Survey: every three (3) years the executive committee will review the executive director's compensation to ensure competitiveness within the nonprofit market. For example, the executive committee will secure data that documents compensation levels and benefits for similarly qualified individuals in comparable positions at similar organizations. This data may include the following: 1. Salary and benefit compensation studies by independent sources; 2. Written job offers for positions at similar organizations; 3. Documented telephone calls about similar positions at both nonprofit and for profit organizations; and 4. Information obtained from the IRS form 990 filings of similar organizations. The executive committee will consider this information as part of their executive director compensation recommendation to the Board every three (3) years. Concurrent Documentation: to approve the compensation for the executive director, the Board must document how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied, in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. Documentation will include: a) a description of the compensation and benefits and the date it was approved; b) the members of the Board who were present during the discussion about compensation and benefits, and the results of the vote; c) a description of the comparability data relied upon and how the data was obtained; and d) any actions taken (such as abstaining from discussion and vote) with respect to consideration of the compensation by anyone who is otherwise a member of the Board but who had a conflict of interest with respect to the decision on the compensation and benefits. Independence in setting compensation: the chair of the Board of Directors, who is a volunteer and not compensated by the nonprofit, will operate independently without undue influence from the executive director. No member of the executive committee will be a staff member, the relative of a staff member, or have any relationship with staff that could present a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 ECPAC will make available information about its operations, including governance, programs/activities and finances (including information contained in its annual Form 990) to affiliated organizations, the governing Board of Directors and other constituents requesting such information. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c The organization has not changed its oversight or selection process during the year.