The Cooper Childrens Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 334095872
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Montclair, NJ, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,300
- Expenses
- $4,353
- Assets
- $3,300
- Liabilities
- $4,353
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- Steve Quattrociocchi (Board Co-Chairman)
- Colleen Hornung (Board Co-Chairman)
- Danielle Elias (Board Vice Chairman)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Cooper Childrens Center CCC is organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes. Its primary exempt purpose is to provide an inclusive Reggio Emilia-inspired early childhood education program that promotes the intellectual emotional social and physical development of young children through a play-based child-led curriculum in a nurturing and safe environment. CCC also supports families by offering access to mental-health and counseling resources and fosters community connection through programs that celebrate diversity and ensure equitable access to quality early education.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the short fiscal period from March 19 through June 30 2025 The Cooper Childrens Center was in its organizational startup phase. The organization focused on establishing its legal structure beginning outreach to prospective donors and initiating its first fundraising efforts. During this period CCC raised approximately $3,300 and did not yet conduct program activities or incur operating expenses. Educational programming is scheduled to begin in July 2026.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -31.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.32; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.