CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
To the Future: “Every Parent, Every Child – a SuperHero!”
CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
EIN: 45-4135014
Mission
For every child and adolescent to have a strong network of adult caregivers and professionals engaged in putting empathy into action : supporting their positive development in non-violent families and peaceful communities.
Ruling year
2012
Executive Director
Dr. Kimberly Svevo-Cianci
Main address
411 Stevens St.
Geneva, IL 60134 USA
EIN
45-4135014
Health
Child abuse
Child welfare
Youth organizing
Family services
Population served
Children and youth
Parents
Caregivers
NTEE code
Family Services (P40)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement (S20)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
"Best Start" for Families
"ICDP-Best Start" is a program for all caregivers to strengthen their empathy-based communications, interactions and relationships with children so that these children may be surrounded by holistic support for their positIve development and well-being.
This program is adapted and integrated wIthin communities and institutions to be relevant, efficIent, enjoyable and sustainable. Community professionals and parents are trained as "Best Start" Facilitators in order to replicate and establish the program universally with the community, long-term. This Insures that children are surrounded by consistent messaging and modeling of positive adult-child attitudes, behaviors, communications, interactions and relationships, spanning a spectrum ranging from social/emotional learning to cognitive development to self control that they need to succeed in life.
"Best Start" supports parents to gain confidence and become empowered to champion and advocate for their children, as well as for families and communities in other ways. Our current programs, available in both English and Spanish, support diverse parent groups including entire communities, military-connected parents, teen parents, and parents of children with special needs.
Where we work
Awards
Pritzker Early Childhood Education Foundation Grant 2013
Pritzker Foundation
Affiliations & memberships
National Association of Social Workers 2012
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsTotal number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Families, Children and youth
Related Program
"Best Start" for Families
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our main goal is to strengthen children's rights to positive development and well being, ensuring protection from violence. We think that every child and adolescent should be supported by a caring network of parents, caregiver and professionals from within loving, non-violent families and peaceful communities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Changing Children's World Foundation (CCWF) addresses the full developmental ecology of youth with a strengths-based and measurable approach. The Community/Child Capacity Development and Violence Prevention (CCDevVP) framework is aligned with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which establishes and promotes international best practice in children's rights to survival, maximum development, health and social services, and protection from violence and neglect. It provides an integrated approach to community-based child protection. These are the approches we utilize in the implementation of our programs.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through international collaboration, the Changing Children's Worlds Foundation has developed youth programs: the International Child/Parent Development Program (ICDP) and the Integrative Youth Development Program (IYD). These programs have had success internationally and have been supported through evidence-based research.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have successfully been awarded numerous grants and gained loyal sponsors and enduring partnerships. We have been able to implement ICDP in both English and Spanish, but the goal now is to expand the reach of these programs. We want the programs to be found in more Chicagoland neighborhoods, and for them to include a greater diversity: we want to improve the lives of more children.
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
0.00
Months of cash in 2023 info
0
Fringe rate in 2023 info
8%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $24,304 | -$42,171 | -$46,670 | $50,077 | -$61,895 |
| As % of expenses | 6.5% | -10.5% | -8.7% | 10.0% | -12.7% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $24,218 | -$44,507 | -$46,670 | $50,077 | -$66,154 |
| As % of expenses | 6.5% | -11.0% | -8.7% | 10.0% | -13.4% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $396,481 | $360,299 | $487,604 | $536,271 | $520,238 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 2.5% | -9.1% | 35.3% | 10.0% | -3.0% |
| Program services revenue | 25.3% | 14.9% | 19.1% | 15.4% | 33.4% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 6.8% | 14.7% | 21.7% | 30.0% | 7.8% |
| All other grants and contributions | 12.3% | 9.8% | 7.8% | 11.7% | 12.7% |
| Other revenue | 55.5% | 60.4% | 51.4% | 42.9% | 46.1% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $372,177 | $402,470 | $534,274 | $501,480 | $488,538 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | -10.2% | 8.1% | 32.7% | -6.1% | -2.6% |
| Personnel | 20.8% | 27.6% | 33.0% | 28.8% | 31.7% |
| Professional fees | 0.4% | 64.4% | 60.5% | 61.7% | 62.0% |
| Occupancy | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 76.3% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 7.4% | 4.1% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $372,263 | $404,806 | $534,274 | $501,480 | $492,797 |
| One month of savings | $31,015 | $33,539 | $44,523 | $41,790 | $40,712 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $6,180 | $6,396 | $30,724 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $403,278 | $438,345 | $584,977 | $549,666 | $564,233 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Months of cash and investments | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $109,172 | $106,613 | $57,357 | $95,449 | $0 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $300 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $12,693 | $15,029 | $15,029 | $15,029 | $0 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 2.0% | 40.7% | 72.4% | 34.0% | 0.0% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $108,247 | $63,740 | $16,077 | $66,154 | $0 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total net assets | $108,247 | $63,740 | $16,077 | $66,154 | $0 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Dr. Kimberly Svevo-Cianci
As President of the Child Rights and Protection Consultancy-International (CRPCI) since 2008, she has focused on leveraging children’s rights (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) to strengthen protection of children from violence and maltreatment. Major consultation and training projects included Belarus, Colombia, Georgia, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa & USA, to leverage child rights and protection-related national policy-making to strengthen inter-sectoral CP services and systems. From 1995 until September 2008, Kimberly served as Executive Director, the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), with members in over 180 countries, working with UNICEF, WHO, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, NGO and government leaders. Fluent in French and functional in Spanish, she holds Masters and PhD degrees in Human and Organizational Development/Systems.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
CHANGING CHILDREN'S WORLDS FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 02/27/2023
Board of directors data
Kyle Hempel, M.B.A.
Apple Graphics
Term: 2012 - 2022
Kimberly Svevo-Cianci, Ph.D.
Changing Children's Worlds Foundation
Monica Woodson
Albany Park Community Center
Dennis Carr, M.A.
Matthew Sperry, J.D.
Lynn Garner, Ed.D.
Chicago Public Schools
Chuck Miles, P.M.P, M.B.A
Mauricio Ortiz, J.D.
Loy Williams, Th.M., M.S.W.
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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