Good Beginnings Inc

“Good beginnings' executive director, board and finance committee review the 990 tax return.”

“Good beginnings' board signs the conflict of interest policy annually. There has been no known non-compliance to the policy. The organization is in compliance with the state laws for non-profits.”

“Salaries for the executive director and program director were reviewed and adjusted in january 2025 based on published human resource data for similar size nonprofit organizations taking the average inflation at the time into consideration. Members of the board of directors conducted the review and approved the salaries.”

“Salaries for the executive director and program director were reviewed and adjusted in january 2025 based on published human resource data for similar size nonprofit organizations and taking the avergage inflation at the time into consideration. Members of the board of directors conducted the review and approved the salaries.”

“Good beginnings' subscribes to guidestar.org. Also, documents are available upon request.”

“Good beginnings provides free assistance to individuals and families with newborns from birth through age 6 months. Good beginnings' programs are available to every family with a new baby in our upper valley region (an approximate 40-mile radius from our west lebanon, nh office), including adoptive and foster families, regardless of income or circumstance of the family. Our services include an in-home volunteer visitor program and an education/support program. Many families engage in our in-home volunteer visitor program, which matches families with a trained volunteer (often living in the same town) who visits once a week for 2-3 hours for three consecutive months to provide much needed respite for parents at a vulnerable time in a family's life. Our education/support programs provide parent educational materials, children's books, emergency financial assistance, emotional support and community connections. We hosted "mud season morning of fun" which was attended by 115 children and parents. This year we started offering moms in our program 3 free group yoga sessions and provided childcare. We also had summer walks and speaker presentations as part of our ongoing education and connections for new parents. This fiscal year good beginnings served 201 families with in- home volunteers for 12 weeks per family, which included 914 visits and over 2,490 volunteer hours. We served 667 adults, 79 first-time moms and 322 children.”