Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DOWN EAST PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue: $7,039,895
Total expenses: $6,965,488
Contributions and grants received: $6,990,130
Grants paid: $213,226
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $11,352
Other revenue: $38,413
Total assets, end of year: $616,805
Total liabilities, end of year: $118,128
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $498,677
Program services expenses (Part IX): $6,261,330
Management and general expenses: $643,133
Fundraising expenses: $61,025
Program service expenses (Part III): $6,261,330

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$1,922,083
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$5,068,047
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
3 · Investment income

total $15,999 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $15,999
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $35,910 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $40,557 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities -$4,647 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$4,647 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$4,647
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$24,506
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $24,506 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $24,506
11a · Other revenue: Sales Tax Refund

total $12,194 · related or exempt $12,194 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11b · Other revenue: Other Income

total $1,713 · related or exempt $1,713 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$13,907

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $213,226 · program services $213,226
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,862,621 · program services $1,305,112 · management and general $507,485 · fundraising $50,024
9 · Other employee benefits

total $113,881 · program services $86,745 · management and general $26,398 · fundraising $738
10 · Payroll taxes

total $135,101 · program services $96,547 · management and general $34,763 · fundraising $3,791
11c · Fees: accounting

total $14,638 · program services $5,207 · management and general $9,431
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $25,447 · program services $25,107 · management and general $340
13 · Office expenses

total $51,061 · program services $39,714 · management and general $11,120 · fundraising $227
14 · Information technology

total $39,826 · program services $34,070 · management and general $5,123 · fundraising $633
16 · Occupancy

total $33,939 · program services $25,592 · management and general $8,347
17 · Travel

total $20,048 · program services $18,655 · management and general $1,393
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $20,555 · program services $18,410 · management and general $2,145
23 · Insurance

total $18,047 · program services $1,371 · management and general $16,676
24a · Other expenses: Purchase of Services

total $4,175,355 · program services $4,175,353 · management and general $2 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Repairs

total $125,050 · program services $107,116 · management and general $17,696 · fundraising $238
24c · Other expenses: Educational Supplies

total $23,993 · program services $23,993 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Building Improvements

total $44,053 · program services $44,053 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24e · All other expenses

total $48,647 · program services $41,059 · management and general $2,214 · fundraising $5,374

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $197,164 · end of year $239,650
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $14,845 · end of year $14,845
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $355,074 · end of year $362,310
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $131,510 · end of year $118,128
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $385,378 · end of year $396,361
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $50,195 · end of year $102,316

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Launch every child as a healthy, lifelong learner by the end of the third grade. This is accomplished through working across the four building blocks of early education. 1) Health and development are on track beginning before birth 2) Families are engaged and supported by coordinated communities 3) Early care and education environments are high quality and 4) Ready Schools - Teaching and learning environments for K-3 students are effective inside and outside, 365 days a year.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The organization's mission is to launch every child as a healthy, lifelong learner by the end of the third grade.

Smart Start supports the following primary programs of DEPC: Child Care Resource & Referral including provider, family, and subsidy services (POC & Admin); NC Pre-K Quality; Family Resource Center, Community Collaboratives; Research & Development; Dolly Parton Imagination Library and Reach Out and Read. In addition, DEPC funds and provides technical assistance, monitoring, and support to 3 activities in 3 partnering agencies (WAGES, Nash County Public Schools Transition, Edgecombe County Public Schools Transition). All together, these 12 programs provide a variety of services, including parent education/support to 7,569 children, referrals to high quality child care, general parenting resources, and child development information to 760 families, literacy activities/training for 7,038 children and/or their families, and either directly pays or funds the administration of child care subsidies for 708 children. The Community Outreach and Community Collaboratives' initiatives resulted in 23 E-blast communications sent to approximately 6,576 email addresses per E-blast; 190,288 people interacting on social media platforms; outreach, coaching and utilization of 382 volunteers that provided 770 hours of service, including businesses, faith leaders, and other community leaders; 12,152 visits were made to Discovery Park; and technical assistance was provided to build the capacity of 4 elementary schools.

Expenses $2,216,270 · Grants $140,028 · Revenue $2,216,270
The North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program is a 4-year-old preschool program for at-risk children (based on income or other criteria) to attend high quality programs in public preschool classrooms, Head Start facilities or private child care facilities meeting the quality criteria. In FY24, 591 children were able to participate in this program. Additional support was provided, including classroom improvement, teacher training and/or technical assistance, transition to kindergarten support for children and overall administration and monitoring of the program.

Expenses $3,265,445 · Revenue $3,265,445
Regional Child Care Resource and Referral Services included consumer education and referral services, professional development and technical assistance for early childhood educators, and regional data collection. In addition to overseeing deliverables in these areas for a 5-county region (Region 14), the program includes 2 specialists: Infant/Toddler, and Healthy Social Behaviors. In FY24, 506 households with preschool age children and 254 households with school age children received consumer education (including child care and community referrals) in Region 14. The quality improvement staff, including regional specialists, provided technical assistance to 69 licensed preschool classrooms and 10 licensed school age classrooms to maintain or improve their quality. In addition, 870 professionals participated in 194 trainings offered to the Region.

Expenses $255,200 · Revenue $255,200
Other Program Services include Family Nutrition Education, Family Supports and Education.

Expenses $524,415 · Revenue $524,415

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Henrietta Zalkind

Executive Director

Total calculated

$137,492

From this org

$119,479

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,013

Hours/week

40
Dr Trent Mohrbutter

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Benton Moss

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Natalie Bess

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Adrienne Covington

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Tikela Alston

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Betty Battle

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Patricia Bell-Spruill

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Melissa Dancy-Smith

Designee

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Leigh Daughtridge

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Frenchy Davis

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Natema Drummond

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Michelle Etheridge

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Eric Evans

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Tia Foula

Designee

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Dr Glenda Lawrence-Knight

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Tanya Heath

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Linda Knight

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Shane Lancaster

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Gary Lee

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Dr Lew Hunnicutt

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Dr Michael Myrick

Designee

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Ashley Reynolds

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Durrell Petway

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Dr Steve Ellis

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Shermekka Williams

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Wendy Wilson

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Robert Yarbrough

Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Braswell Memorial Library

$51,814

Literacy Program
Edgecombe County Public Schools

$44,607

Early Childhood Transition
Nash Public Schools

$44,607

Early Childhood Transition

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 17 February 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202540489349301589

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