EIN 52-1105189

Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
234
Year formed
1977
Most recent tax filings
2022-09-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
National center for multidisciplinary "infant & family" field. Provides training and technical assistance through Safe Babies Court Team approach.
Total revenues
$61,773,974
2022
Total expenses
$50,336,039
2022
Total assets
$68,745,640
2022
Num. employees
234
2022

Program areas at Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

Safe babies court team- Zero To Three's safe babies court team (sbct) approach applies the science of early childhood development in meeting the urgent needs of Infants and Toddlers and strengthening their Families. The goal is To advance the health and well-being of very young children and their Families, so they flourish. The target population is children birth To Three years of age under court jurisdiction, who are in foster care or at risk of removal, and their Families. Sbcts focus intensively on:- driving best practices for babies, Toddlers, and their Families- removing barriers To racial equity and social justice, and- empowering parents and elevating the parent voiceeach sbct works at both the family and systems level. Family teams - composed of family members, attorneys, caseworkers, and service providers - come together at least once a month To identify and remove barriers To reunification, helping To expedite services and permanency for Infants and young children. In addition, active community teams - led by judges and composed of community stakeholders - review patterns across cohorts of individual cases To address structural issues in the child welfare system that prevent Families from succeeding.zero To Three's National resource Center, funded through a grant from hrsa, supports implementation of sbcts in 30 states and 129 sites across the country. In federal fiscal year 2022, the National resource Center provided implementation support To new sites in fl, tn and wa, supporting their statewide expansion efforts. Training and technical assistance (tta) focused on facilitating the development of state plans and building the capacity of state teams To support sustainability and the installation of new infant-toddler court teams (itcts). The work of the National resource Center led To the development of new resources and tools such as the sustainability toolkit, supporting sustainability for infant-toddler court teams: a federal funding guide; policy framework, strengthening Families with Infants and Toddlers: a policy framework; and tta tool state/site team development roadmaps. The 16th annual cross sites meeting, impact through leadership, partnership, and stewardship, took place virtually from august 16-17, 2022. The meeting featured 2 live plenary addresses, 16 live breakout sessions, and 2 role specific pre-conference sessions. A total of 1,151 people registered for the virtual meeting.
Healthysteps is an evidence-based program of Zero To Three, the nation's leading nonprofit working To ensure all babies and Toddlers have a strong start in life. Healthysteps transforms the promise of pediatric primary care through a unique team-based approach that integrates a healthysteps specialist, a child development expert, into the health care team. All children ages 0-3 and their Families receive a tiered model of services, from universal screening To risk-stratified supports, including care coordination and onsite intervention, as needed. Healthysteps launched 28 new sites in 2022 and the National network now includes over 230 sites in 24 states and Washington d.c., which collectively reach more than 350,000 young children annually. Together, the National network of healthysteps sites aims To reach more than 1 million young children and Families annually by 2032. Visit healthysteps.org.
National Center on early childhood development, teaching, and learning (nc ecdtl)- nc ecdtl is a federally funded National training and technical assistance (t/ta) Center operating under a five-year grant aimed at impacting the training and technical assistance needs of head start and child care programs and systems. The goal of nc ecdtl is To identify, develop, and promote the implementation of evidence-based practices that are culturally and linguistically responsive and lead To positive child outcomes across early childhood programs and To support strong professional development systems. Zero To Three is responsible for setting the direction for the Center, providing overall project and fiscal management, managing and guiding the work of the Center subcontractors, and delivering t/ta services To head start and child care constituents. The overall goal for the dtl Center is To provide professional development that reflects current evidence and leads To improved school readiness for all Infants, Toddlers, and preschoolers enrolled in head start and early head start program options. That goal has driven the work of dtl and has shaped our approach To addressing several priority areas this year. Our reach continues To grow for each of our audiences of early head start and head start grantee staff, head start regional ta providers, childcare stakeholders, and federal staff in new and innovative ways that continue To be responsive during pandemic recovery and workforce challenges. Over the course of this year, dtl reached 4,429 people while providing professional development To regions, nearly 23,000 people through live National webinars, over 15,000 people viewing on-demand training events, and over 20,580 active users accessing course content in the individualized professional development (ipd) portfolio on the head start early learning and knowledge Center (eclkc). In addition, we have worked diligently To build on and enhance existing investments by ohs, such as the head start coaching companion (over 1,200 new users), resources in early educator central, platforms To address school readiness teaching practices like the teacher time series and babytalks.
Policy Center - the Zero To Three policy Center is a non-partisan, research-based resource for federal, state, and local policymakers and advocates on the unique developmental needs of Infants and Toddlers, and how To translate and act on current research and best practices To promote good health, strong Families, and positive early learning experiences for all Infants and Toddlers in our nation, with special emphasis on those from historically underserved Families and communities. The policy Center's day-to-day work involves policy and legislative analysis at the federal, state, and local level and the provision of technical assistance To all 50 states and the district of columbia on a range of issues affecting Infants, Toddlers, and their Families, including infant and early childhood mental health (iecmh), transforming child welfare systems, equitable early childhood systems, paid leave, early head start and child care, and family economic security. Though its annual state of babies yearbook, partners, advocates, and policymakers have access To actionable data on key indicators of well-being for Infants and Toddlers nationally and at the state level with particular attention To disparities by race, income, and geography. Zero To Three's think babies brings nationwide attention To what babies and Families need To thrive, including high quality, affordable child care, time for parents To bond with the babies, healthy emotional development, and strong physical health and nutrition. The initiative's signature event, strolling thunder, brings babies and Families To Washington, dc and state capitals across the country To connect them with their elected officials and urge them To advance policies and make investments in our nation's very youngest children and their Families.
Training, consulting professional and member services - Zero To Three supports professionals who serve Families with young children through its professional development, certifications, consulting, and associated resources. The Zero To Three signature event series is headlined by Zero To Three's virtual conference which is the go-to event for professionals from across the early childhood field. It gathers over 2,500 attendees and offers a range of online learning experiences featuring the very latest research, promising practices, and policy strategies. All content is grounded in the domains from the Zero To Three competencies for prenatal To age 5 professionals, with an explicit focus on addressing and advancing equity. Zero To Three also provides an additional array of in-person and online professional development and training-of-trainers certification programs for early childhood professionals. All materials are evidenced-based and focus on work with children under 5 years old (including the prenatal period) with topics including infant and early childhood mental health, Zero To Three's infant mental health diagnostic tool, dc:0-5, early brain development, critical competencies for infant-toddler educators, reflective supervision, and coaching. Zero To Three also directly provides technical assistance To build, implement, and enhance cross-sector early childhood systems and workforce supports. In addition, Zero To Three provides resources, training videos, tools, and curricula through the Zero To Three online bookstore. The Zero To Three journal, published four times per year, is the premier multi-disciplinary publication for early childhood professionals, highlighting research and promising practice across the spectrum of early childhood. Zero To Three membership, with over 3,500 professionals, serves cross-disciplinary early childhood professionals with a variety of benefits which include the Zero To Three journal, resource discounts, free virtual professional development events, exclusive online resources, and more.
Federal systems technical assistance - Zero To Three provides technical assistance under a number of federally funded initiatives in support of improving early childhood outcomes. Zero To Three operates the programmatic assistance for tribal home visiting (path) technical assistance Center, which aims To increase tribal miechv and tribal early learning initiative (teli) grantees' capacity To implement high quality, home visiting childhood systems serving american indian and Alaska native Families. Under the healthy start program, Zero To Three supports grantees in their efforts To reduce the rate of infant mortality and improve perinatal outcomes through technical assistance and training. Zero To Three also supports the early childhood comprehensive systems collaborative that helps impact grantees innovate and improve their approaches To child development health and well-being.
Communication - Zero To Three communicates the outcomes of its activities and child development information on a broad array of topics. Please see our website www.zerotothree.org.
Military family projects - Zero To Three supports military and veteran Families with young children through a variety of projects, focusing on mitigating the potential impact of trauma and stress. Zero To Three provides training and reflective consultation To the army's new parent support program. Zero To Three supports the work of the National Center for child traumatic stress with a focus on professional development for home visitors supporting military Families and children. Military family projects also develops resources for military-connected Families including the app babies on the homefront. Military family projects also supports implementing healthysteps at military pediatric clinics.
Parenting resources - Zero To Three's parenting resources team translates the research and science of early childhood and parenting into actionable resources and positive parenting guidance for all of the caregivers surrounding a child (parents, grandparents, and early childhood professionals). Parenting resources developed a 22-unit early math curriculum for children ages 30-48 months and piloted at 6 early education sites. Parenting resources also piloted its 10-unit parent education curriculum at 15 sites nationwide.
Leadership develoment - the Zero To Three fellowship is the nation's oldest leadership development fellowship program focused on strengthening the capacity of diverse, multidisciplinary, early and mid-career professionals To transform programs, systems, and policies To ensure that Infants and Toddlers have a strong start in life. During its 30+ years history, over 300 fellows have completed the fellowship To become members of the academy of Zero To Three fellows. This alumni network of leaders across the united states and around the world are making a difference in the lives of Infants, young children, and Families through innovative, visionary leadership.
Other National centers for head start and child care projects Zero To Three supports the work of the National Center on performance management and fiscal operations as a sub-recipient To university of Massachusetts' donohue institute; the National Center of excellence for infant and childhood mental health as a sub-recipient To georgetown university Center for child and human development; the grandfamilies & kinship support network: a National technical assistance Center as a sub-recipient To generations united; the early childhood personnel equity Center as a sub-recipient To university of Connecticut health Center; maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting as a sub-recipient To ds federal; and the National child traumatic stress network as a subrecipient To university of California los angeles.
Western office policy analysis and program consultation - Zero To Three's (ztt) California office focuses on policy and program consultation in California. Ztt California is leading the expansion of healthysteps programs. The California office is essential To providing the" baby voice" To inform state policies and systems change, building collaboration and capacities among the state's early childhood professionals and connecting To California parents and Families.

Who funds Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Blue Meridian PartnersTo Support Scaling Plan$6,000,000
Perigee FundPolicy Center Year 5.$4,300,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF)Community & Human Services$2,815,300
...and 44 more grants received totalling $23,069,266
Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
Department of Health and Human ServicesHEAD START$9,831,928
Department of Health and Human ServicesMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMS$9,562,720
Department of Health and Human ServicesMATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING GRANT$1,407,862
...and 3 more federal grants / contracts

Personnel at Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

NameTitleCompensation
Pia ValdiviaChief Financial and Administrative Officer$144,999
Ernestine BenedictChief Communications Officer$208,697
Edima ElinewingaChief Technology Officer$206,450
Miriam CalderonChief Policy Officer$0
Candace WinklerStrategy Officer$67,415
...and 50 more key personnel

Financials for Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

RevenuesFYE 09/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$56,195,500
Program services$3,773,162
Investment income and dividends$753,464
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$28,739
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$419,059
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$464,692
Miscellaneous revenues$139,358
Total revenues$61,773,974

Form 990s for Zero To Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-092023-04-14990View PDF
2020-092021-09-03990View PDF
2019-092020-10-22990View PDF
2018-092019-12-09990View PDF
2017-092018-10-16990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
July 11, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 5 new vendors, including , , , , and
June 25, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
June 15, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 12, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 6 new personnel
June 9, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsHuman service organizationsFamily service centersCharitiesHead Start programs
Issues
EducationHuman servicesChildrenPublic policy
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacyLobbyingNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donations
General information
Address
2445 M St NW 600
Washington, DC 20037
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
zerotothree.org/ 
Phone
(202) 638-1144
Facebook page
ZEROTOTHREE 
Twitter profile
@zerotothree 
IRS details
EIN
52-1105189
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1977
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P40: Family Services
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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