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← BURKE COUNTY SMART START INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BURKE COUNTY SMART START INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,035,112
Total expenses
$4,995,439
Contributions and grants received
$5,027,882
Grants paid
$4,522,543
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,548
Other revenue
$1,682
Total assets, end of year
$133,963
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,278
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$128,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,688,738
Management and general expenses
$306,701
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,688,738

Program services were 93.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,561,512

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $466,370

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,548 · excluded $5,548

  • 11a · Other revenue: SALES TAX REFUNDS

    total $1,682 · related or exempt $1,682

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,682

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,522,543 · program services $4,522,543

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,659 · program services $38,587 · management and general $35,072

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $215,495 · program services $73,093 · management and general $142,402

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,299 · program services $5,255 · management and general $11,044

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73,102 · program services $21,572 · management and general $51,530

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,479 · program services $8,715 · management and general $13,764

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,820 · program services $4,010 · management and general $3,810

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,100 · management and general $5,100

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,176 · program services $1,000 · management and general $2,176

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,480 · program services $2,419 · management and general $6,061

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,574 · program services $1,378 · management and general $3,196

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,672 · program services $6,764 · management and general $13,908

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,551 · program services $1,133 · management and general $2,418

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $589 · management and general $589

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,843 · program services $1,690 · management and general $3,153

  • 24a · Other expenses: FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT < $

    total $2,842 · management and general $2,842

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE

    total $2,501 · program services $214 · management and general $2,287

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,082 · program services $365 · management and general $1,717

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER EQUIP/PRINTERS

    total $1,800 · management and general $1,800

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,832 · management and general $3,832

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $38,528 · end of year $72,883

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,652

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $53,880 · end of year $59,428

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,396 · end of year $5,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,567 · end of year $85,477

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,445 · end of year $43,208

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO REACH OUT, BRING TOGETHER AND EMPOWER FAMILIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE, THRU PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MEANS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

  • CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY INCLUDED THE STEP PROGRAM AND THE QUALITY BONUS FOR NON-SUBSIDIZED CHILDREN PROGRAM. THE STEP PROGRAM WAS A PART TIME PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CLASSROOMS SERVING 151 CHILDREN AT 3 SITES IN BURKE COUNTY. BY JUNE 30, 2025 100% OF THE CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE STEP PROGRAM AT LEAST 6 MONTHS DEMONSTRATED DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH AS MEASURED BY THE CREATIVE CURRICULUM. THE QUALITY BONUS FOR NON-SUBSIDIZED CHILDREN PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED BY AN ACCREDITED RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCY. QUALITY BONUSES WERE PAID MONTHLY TO 27 CHILD CARE PROGRAMS SERVING 423 NON-SUBSIDIZED CHILDREN. BY JUNE 30, 2025, 100% OF THE CHILD CARE FACILITIES RECEIVING QUALITY BONUSES MAINTAINED OR INCREASED THEIR QUALITY AS MEASURED BY THE STAR LICENSURE RATING.

    Expenses $990,584 · Grants $990,584

  • NC PRE K - DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NC PRE K PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK FOUR-YEAR-OLDS WHO ARE AT RISK OF FAILURE IN KINDERGARTEN. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE KINDERGARTEN READINESS. 397 CHILDREN SERVED IN 29 CLASSROOMS AT 19 SITES LOCATED IN BURKE COUNTY.

    Expenses $2,112,914 · Grants $1,954,483

  • HURRICANE RELIEF PROGRAM PROVIDED DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO CHILD CARE CENTERS THAT SUSTAINED DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE AFTER MATH OF HURRICANE HELENE. TWO OF BURKE COUNTY'S LARGEST CHILD CARE CENTERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED-CREATIVE BEGINNINGS AND QUAKER MEADOWS, WHICH IS RAN BY BLUE RIGE COMMUNITY ACTION. BOTH OF THE CHILD CARE CENTERS WERE AWARDS FUNDS FOR RENOVATIONS, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND LOSS WAGES. TOTAL OF 319 CHILDREN WERE IMPACTED.

    Expenses $857,918 · Grants $857,918

  • FAMILY SUPPORT - FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS INCLUDING MOTHEREAD/FATHEREAD THAT COMBINED THE TEACHING OF LITERACY SKILLS WITH CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT ISSUES SERVING 79 PARENTS. BY JUNE 30, 2025, 56% (44 OF 79) OF PARTICIPATING PARENTS INDICATED THEY READ MORE TO THEIR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $41,489 · Grants $33,725

  • CHILDCARE & EDUCATION QUALITY PROGRAMS INCLUDE CHILD CARE PROVIDER INSURANCE PACKAGE, CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL, AND DUAL SUBSIDY - TANF. CHILD CARE PROVIDER INSURANCE PACKAGE PROVIDED TO 90 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN 7 CENTERS & 2 HOMES. 71% OF PRIVATE HOME AND CENTERS IN 4 AND 5 STAR FACILITIES HAD HEALTH INSURANCE. CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL PROVIDED 60 TRAININGS TO 192 CHILD CARE STAFF AND 40 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. 100% OF PARTICIPATING CHILD CARE FACILITIES WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING MAINTAINED THEIR STAR RATING. DUAL SUBSIDY - TANF PROGRAM PAID, ON A DIRECT PER CHILD BASIS, SUBSIDY FOR 118 CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) OR THE CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF). THE AVERAGE STAR RATING FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILDREN WAS 4.71 STARS AND 93% OF SUBSIDIZED CHILDREN RECEIVED CARE IN A 4 OR 5 STAR FACILITY.

    Expenses $685,833 · Grants $685,833

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KASEY GARDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRANDON COLLINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REV JASPER HEMPHILL

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUIE GRADY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REBECCA MCLEOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TINA MOSLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID L RUST JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHARLES M SCHLEIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE ASHLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SALLY SANDY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENISE HUDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • VALERIE SHOOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATHY SMITH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $89,927
    From this org
    $73,159
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,768
    Hours/week
    40

  • JIM WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KAY MILTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIRANDA SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOSET TAYLOR

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THADD HODGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN BARRIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543119349304314

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