Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,309,588

Total expenses

$1,904,324

Contributions and grants received

$2,214,565

Grants paid

$252,169

Program service revenue

$2,380

Investment income

$109

Other revenue

$92,534

Total assets, end of year

$1,111,131

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,362

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,092,769

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,408,826

Management and general expenses

$495,498

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,408,826

Program services were 74.0% 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

• CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITY INCLUDES CHILD CARE RESIURCE & REFERRAL AND CHILDREN'S RESOURCE LIBRARY. 68 PARENTS/GUARDIANS RECEIVED A DIRECT RESOURCE AND REFERRAL TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES OR SERVICES. IN AVERY COUNTY, OF THE 226 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN REGULATED CHILDCARE, 100% ARE ENROLLED IN 4- OR 5-STAR CENTERS. IN MITCHELL COUNTY, OF THE 186 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN REGULATED CHILD CARE, 53% ARE ENROLLED IN 4- OR 5-STAR CENTERS. IN YANCEY COUNTY, OF THE 199 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN REGULATED CHILD CARE, 66% ARE ENROLLED IN 4-OR 5-STAR CENTERS.MORE THAN 89 TEACHING STAFF IN LICENSED PROGRAMS ATTENDED TRAININGS SPONSORED BY CCR&R (UNDUPLICATED) REPRESENTING 22 CENTERS/HOMES AND IMPACTING 611 CHILDREN. 299 VISITS WERE MADE TO THE CHILDREN'S RESOURCE LIBRARY WITH 1843 ITEMS BEING CHECKED OUT.

  Expenses $157,047 · Grants $90

• FAMILY SUPPORT INCLUDES PROGRAMS FOR PLAY AND LEARN, IMAGINATION LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 139 PARENTS/CAREGIVERS, ALONG WITH 171 PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN WEEKLY PLAY AND LEARN GROUPS IN YANCEY, MITCHELL AND AVERY COUNTIES.OF THE 20 PARENTS/CAREGIVERS SURVEYED, 85% REPORTED UNDERSTANDING "A LOT MORE" OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM CHILDRENT AT DIFFERENT AGES. OF 21 PARENTS/CAREGIVERS SURVEYED 76% REPORTED GIVING THE CHILD IN THEIR CARE "A LOT MORE" OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND TRY NEW THINGS. OF 5 PARENTS/CAREGIVERS SURVEYED, 20% REPORTED TALKING TO OR SHARING IDEAS ABOUT CARING FOR CHILDREN "A LOT MORE" WITH ANOTHER ADULT.THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED 20188 BOOKS TO 2049 CHILDREN.COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF CONVENED 9 MEETINGS AND ATTENDED 58 MEETINGS TO IMPROVE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM OF SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, 3401 WERE REACHED THROUGH QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS - SOCIAL MEDIA (246POSTS/22958 REACHED), PRINT MEDIA (8NEWSPAPER ARTICLES) AND RADIO (7 PSA'S). 72% (36/50) OF AGENCIES SURVEYED REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BEING AVAILABLE FOR CHILD CARE WITH 58% REPORTING MAKING ARRANGEMENTS. 82% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD CARE REFERRAL SERVICES WITH 48% REFERRING FAMILIES. 82% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIBRARY WITH 62% REPORTING EITHER USING THE LIBRARY OR REFERRING THE LIBRARY. 90% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY WITH 74% ASSISTING WITH FAMILIES SIGNING UP. BLUE RIDGE HEALTHY FAMILIES SERVED 52 FAMILIES AND 107 INDIVIDUALS TO STRENGTHENFAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, INCREASE PROTECTIVE FACTORS, AND PROMOTE HEALTHY CHILDHOOD.8% (4/52) FAMILIES GRADUATED AFTER BEING IN THE PROGRAM FOR 3 YEARS.

  Expenses $1,048,013 · Grants $74,832

• HURRICANE RECOVERY EFFORTS INCLUDE THE UTILIZATION OF BOTH PRIVATE- AND STATE- ALLOCATED FUNDING TO SUPPORT RECOVERY AFTER THE DEVASTATION FROM HURRICANE HELENE IN SEPTEMBER 2024. PRIVATE AND STATE FUNDS WERE RECEIVED TO PASS THROUGH TO CHILD CARE PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS PHYSICAL DAMAGES AND REPAIRS, LOST REVENUES, AND SUPPORT STAFF RETENTION EFFORTS. PRIVATE FUNDS (NOT STATE) WERE RECEIVED TO SUPPORT THE AGENCY'S INTERNAL RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE HELENE. THROUGH AN OPEN GRANT PROCESS, OVER 194K WAS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILD CARE PROGRAMS ACORSS THE REGION TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL DAMAGE REPAIRS, SUCH AS REPLACEMENT OF HVAC SYSTEMS, CLASSROOM FURNISHINGS, FOLLRING AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGES. OPEN GRANT CYCLES CONTINUE INTO THE FY 2025-26 FISCAL YEAR TO DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING HURRICANE RECOVERY FUNDING TO CHILD CARE PROGAMS. PRIVATE FUNDS WERE USED INTERNALLY BY THE AGENCY TO PROVIDE PORTABLE ROUTERS TO STAFF, ALLOWING INTERNET SERVICE TO CONTINUE WHEN IT WASN'T AVAILABLE, AND FOR STAFF BONUSES AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. PRIVATE HURRICANE RECOVERY FUNDING WAS ALSO USED TO SUPPORT AGENCY LED COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS CHILD FEST, SO PARTNERING AGENCIES WERE RELIEVED OF THOSE COSTS TO PARTICIPATE.

  Expenses $167,091 · Grants $164,176

• CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY INCLUDED PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 5 CHILDREN RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH PRESCHOOL TUITION AT CHURCH STREET PRESCHOOL WITH 80% OF CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING IMPROVEMENT ON 75% OF THE SCHOOL READINESS INDICATORS AS EVEIDENCED BY PRE- AND POST PROGRAM EVALUATIONS. 4 CHILDREN RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH PRESCHOOLO TUTION AT CHILDREN'S GARDEN. OF THE 4 CONTINUING IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, 100% DEMONSTRATED IMPROVEMENT/MASTERY ON 75% OF THE SCHOOL READINESS INDICATORS AS EVIDENCED BY PRE- AND POST PROGRAM EVALUATIONS. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES- 9 CHILDREN RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FROM YANCEY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (YCTA) TO AND FROM CHILD CARE. OF THE 50 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES SURVEYED, 72% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF SMART START FUNDED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO CHILD CARE AND 84% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OFTRANSPORTATION SERVICES BEING AVAILABEL FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES - 58% REPORTED REFERRING FAMILIES TO A BRPFC SERVICE OR PROGRAM. 4 CHILDREN RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FROM MITCHELL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTCA) TO AND FROM CHILD CARE. OF THE 50 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES SURVEYED, 72% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF SMART START FUNDED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO CHILD CARE AND 84% REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSPORTATIONSERVICE BEING AVAILABLE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES- 58% REPORTED REFERRING FAMILIES TO BRPFC SERVICE OR PROGRAM.

  Expenses $11,971 · Grants $11,971

• HEALTH AND SAFETY EFFORTS INCLUDE SERVICE FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD CARE-SUPPORT PERSONNEL UTILIZING THE PYRAMID MODEL FOR SUPPORTING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. FY 2024-2025 THERE WERE 365 STUDENTS IN THREE COHORTS.

  Expenses $24,704 · Grants $1,100

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

• CHILDREN'S CASTLE CHILDCARE CENTER

  $58,492

  CFWNC-HURRICANE RELIEF

• KINGDOM KIDS CHILDCARE CENTER

  $33,358

  HURRICANE RELIEF

• YANCEY HEAD START

  $20,273

  CFWNC - HURRICARE RELIEF

• SPRUCE PONE MONTESSORI

  $19,350

  HURRICANE RELIEF; CCHC EXPRESSIVE ARTS

• BUNCOMBE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

  $10,003

  RESILIENCY

• PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN OF THE FOOTHILLS

  $10,000

  RESILIENCY

• BURKE COUNTY SMART START

  $8,981

  RESILIENCY

• CHURCH STREET PRESCHOOL INC

  $5,950

  PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS ; HURRICANE RELIEF

• AVERY COUNTY SCHOOLS

  $5,209

  HURRICANE RELIEF

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

20 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202640519349300009

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