Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of Anoka Community Mission (ACM) is to meet the basic social needs of families through the provision of affordable childcare, meals, clothing, and personal hygiene items. At the core of this work is Little Blessing of Anoka, our childcare center. Additional facets of ACM serve the purpose of generating private financial aid for families to assist in their childcare expenses.
social needs non-profit, including a fee-based affordable daycare center
Little Blessing of Anoka Early Childhood Center (LBOA) provides affordable childcare for families living in the geographical area surrounding the childcare center. The childcare center is one of the least expensive childcare centers in the area and is unique in the sense that it provides families with private financial aid and financial education. The center also only charges families in arrears for the actual days that children attend. Beginning in 2017, LBOA operates 100% independent of any state of federal government funding. LBOA is the only component of ACM that has compensated staff, resulting in a significant portion of financial resources being able to be allocated to private scholarships to families in need. During 2020, LBOA received state and county grants related to COVID relief for operational and wage support in the amount of $67,050
Anoka Community Mission (ACM) is a social needs non-profit organization that is made up of a family of ministries that serve to meet the basic needs of families, including affordable childcare, meals, clothing, and personal hygiene items. All of the financial resources donated to ACM general fund were used to meet these needs for families affiliated with the mission's childcare center, Little Blessing of Anoka, through a combination of direct distributions to families and the offsetting of operational expenses at the childcare center. Financial resources enables the center to keep tuition rates unchanged for 2 years in the midst of increasing operational expenses stemming from program growth and natural inflation. During 2020, ACM received state and county grants related to COVID-19 to offset operational expenses in the amount of $23,375
The name of the childcare tuition scholarship fund at ACM is the Anoka Community Mission Starfish Fund. Tuition scholarship funds are provided to families enrolled at Little Blessings of Anoka who demonstrate financial need or hardship.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Katie Paxson | secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Angela Berry | treasurer | 5 | $0 |
| Josh Underbakke | chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Berry | executive director | 50 | $0 |
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