COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION INC
EIN 46-4663674 · Education N.E.C. (B99)
What they do
COMMON SENSE KIDS ACTION (CSKA) WORKS WITH POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, and OTHER ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION to ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY to SUCCEED. KIDS ACTION is DRIVING POLICIES AT THE STATE and NATIONAL LEVELS to ENSURE ALL KIDS 0-5 HAVE ACCESS to AFFORDABLE and HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION and HEALTH SERVICES, THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE STATE of THE ART DIGITAL-LEARNING EXPERIENCES, THAT THEIR ONLINE DATA is PROTECTED, and THAT ALL KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to GROW UP WITH SUFFICIENT ECONOMIC and EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES to HELP THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE. WITH MORE THAN 65 MILLION COMMON SENSE USERS, OVER 1 MILLION REGISTERED EDUCATORS, and POTENTIAL ADVOCATES IN EVERY HOME and SCHOOL ACROSS THE NATION, COMMON SENSES ADVOCACY PLATFORM is BUILDING A MOVEMENT DEDICATED to MAKING KIDS OUR NATIONS TOP PRIORITY.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
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They name their leaders5 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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DAVID KUIZENGACHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
JAMES STEYERPRESIDENT
LAWRENCE WILKINSONCHAIR/SECRETARY
MARK MCKINNONDIRECTOR
ROB TOWNSENDDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 699 8TH STREET C150, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
- County
- City and County of San Francisco
- In care of
- DAVID KUIZENGA
- Primary officer
- DAVID KUIZENGA, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP
- NTEE classification
- Education N.E.C. (B99)
- IRS tax category
- Education N.E.C.
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes