2025-03-15T13:03:38-04:00 2024-08-31 Jamie Matthews CPA PO Box 2996 Durango CO 81302 990 2023-09-01 840852955 Durango Early Learning Center Inc DURA 890 E 3rd Ave Durango CO 81301 Paige DeNier Vice President 2025-03-11 true true Jamie Matthews P01899878 9704608575 2025-03-15 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 787752 false X durangoearlylearning.com X 1981 CO Nurturing child development in partnership with families of diverse backgrounds. 9 9 16 50 0 0 137381 136007 471276 640423 8275 6648 1564 4674 618496 787752 71033 0 473575 563420 0 9920 116606 131956 590181 766409 28315 21343 987624 1016912 23083 22718 964541 994194 Nurturing child development in partnership with families of diverse backgrounds. false false 717865 71033 640423 During the 2023.2024 school year, Durango Early Learning Center (DELC) provided over $18,000 in tuition assistance. DELC became a universal preschool provider, where 35% of our families received universal preschool funding for 15 hours a week of child care. DELC also raised a record high amount of $28,501 during the Colorado Gives Day campaign. DELC maintained their Level 4 Colorado Shines Quality rating in December 2023. DELC believes that families should be active participants in their childs first formal educational experience and DELC feels that education is a collaboration between children, families, the school and the larger community. DELC families have volunteered over 500 hours to support the education of all children at the Center. In FY 2024 DELC launched a new playground initative with the understanding of the vital need for safe, accessible, and natural outdoor learning spaces where children can thrive. By offering a space that is both accessible and rooted in nature, we ensure that every child has the opportunity to develop essential cognitive, emotional, and physical skills in a nurturing and engaging setting. The current playground, installed in 1978 for an elementary school, no longer serves the needs of our preschool community. Our Board of Directors has allocated $70,000 of unrestricted funds to the project, and we have secured an additional $20,000 from a local foundation, bringing us one step closer to providing an enriching and safe outdoor environment for all of our children. 717865 true true false false false false false false false true 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 false false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 false 16 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false false false false false X X Rebecca S Trefry 9702591483 890 E 3rd Ave Durango CO 81301 Rebecca S Trefry Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 81255 0 0 Molly Pagano Board Member 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Sifrit Board Member 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Savannah Porter Board Member 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jessie Christansen Emerius PresidentTreasurer 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gretchen Dixon Board Member 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Julia Abner Board Member 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Hughes President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Paige DeNier Vice President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Torrey Baldwin Secretary 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 81255 0 0 0 false false false 3973 11023 121011 3000 136007 Tuition 900099 493456 493456 CCAP 900099 40617 40617 Universal Pre-K 900099 99195 99195 Parent Fees 900099 4077 4077 IEP Funding 900099 3078 3078 640423 6648 6648 3973 Other income 900099 4674 4674 4674 787752 651745 0 0 71033 71033 83265 66612 12490 4163 432036 432036 6425 6425 41694 40343 1013 338 9929 9929 1921 1921 1938 1938 1692 1692 4355 3706 649 37366 29893 5605 1868 22187 17750 3328 1109 15213 12456 2436 321 Supplies and Equipment 19120 19120 Repairs and Maint 3666 2933 550 183 Professional Development 7838 7838 Licensing 1471 1471 5260 4328 932 766409 717865 38624 9920 170347 178235 15201 10920 866716 267743 625682 598973 206183 191595 7400 987624 1016912 23083 22718 23083 22718 X 964541 968061 26133 964541 994194 987624 1016912 21343 11310 -3000 0 X false false false X 70126 83685 111524 137377 129033 531745 374260 452336 460914 499246 640424 2427180 444386 536021 572438 636623 769457 2958925 2958925 5221 6802 4273 9671 6648 32615 5221 6802 4273 9671 6648 32615 4554 4554 449607 542823 576711 646294 780659 2996094 0.98760 0.98500 0.01000 0.01000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 305804 305804 428142 210083 218059 87697 22414 65283 45073 35246 9827 598973 Construction in Progress 7400 7400 true Needs Based Scholarship and Discounted Tuition 35 71033 Cost Monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2) DELC uses the Buell Foundation designation for low-income status, which relies on the federal poverty level, and the county the school is located. La Plata County is 300% of the federal poverty level. All parents fill out an income survey during enrollment and families that fall below that level qualify for a 20% monthly scholarship. The DELC scholarship program helps families that are above CCAP income requirements but sill have finanical hardship associated wtih childcare. Because DELC recognizes that summer childcare in our community is cost prohibitive the scholarship program assists low income families by subsidizing the months that UPK does not offer assistance. The amount of tuition assistance does also include families that receive UPK and CCAP funding to offset childcare costs. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The board of directors is provided a copy of the Form 990 prior to the monthly board meeting to approve the filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The board of directors regularly reviews related party activity for compliance with the policy. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Information is maintained at 890 East 3rd Ave in Durango, CO