Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,866,794

Total expenses

$3,754,492

Contributions and grants received

$3,866,650

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$144

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$544,364

Total liabilities, end of year

$397,196

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$147,168

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,723,993

Management and general expenses

$30,499

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,723,993

Program services were 99.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• EARLY EDUCATION: EARLY HEAD START-A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, PARENTING AND FAMILY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AGE 3 AND UNDER, YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. FAMILIES RECEIVE WEEKLY HOME VISITS BY EARLY HEAD START STAFF AND TWO GROUP MEETINGS ARE HELD MONTHLY FOR ENROLLED PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

  Expenses $2,998,335

• PARENTING SUPPORT: INCREDIBLE YEARS- A SERIES OF GROUP-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN AND TEACHERS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL FITNESS AND PREVENT, REDUCE AND TREAT BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN UP TO AGE 12. THIS PROGRAM TARGETS PARENTS AND TEACHERS WORKING PRIMARILY WITH CHILDREN AGES 3-8, AS WELL AS CHILDREN DIRECTLY. DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY- A BOOK GIFTING PROGRAM THAT MAILS FREE, HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS TO CHILDREN FROM BIRTH UNTIL THEY BEGIN SCHOOL, REGARDLESS OF FAMILY INCOME.

  Expenses $435,791

• CORE FUNCTIONS SCHOOL TRANSITION-DEVELOPED BY SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS - AND IDENTIFIED AS A PROMISING STATE PRACTICE BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION IN 2005 - COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN IS A HOME VISITATION PROGRAM PAIRING THE FAMILIES OF HIGH-RISK RISING KINDERGARTNERS WITH THEIR FUTURE TEACHERS DURING THE SUMMER BEFORE SCHOOL ENTRY. TEACHERS COMPLETE SIX VISITS WITH EACH FAMILY, CENTERED UPON CLASSROOM AND CONTENT EXPECTATIONS.

  Expenses $142,099

• CHILD CARE QUALITY -FIRST STEPS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY START IN MAXIMIZING BOTH SCHOOL READINESS AND THE LONG-TERM WELL BEING OF THE STATE'S CHILDREN. THE INITIATIVE PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES FOR- AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF- THE HEALTHCARE, NUTRITION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF THE STATE'S YOUNG CHILDREN.

  Expenses $147,768

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  501C3 · STATE OFFI · SC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202611359349312986

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