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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BEGINNINGS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,782,619
Total expenses
$1,765,843
Contributions and grants received
$1,790,104
Grants paid
$23,358
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$596
Other revenue
-$8,081
Total assets, end of year
$529,618
Total liabilities, end of year
$532,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,572
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,323,115
Management and general expenses
$426,106
Fundraising expenses
$16,622
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,323,115

Program services were 74.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $36,328

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,700,439

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,337

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $596 · excluded $596

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,220

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $36,328

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,546

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,326

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,350

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,530

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$1,180 · related or exempt -$1,180

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD CASH BACK

    total $1,225 · related or exempt $1,225

  • 11b · Other revenue: COPYRIGHT LICENSURE

    total $1,200 · related or exempt $1,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,425

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $23,358 · program services $23,358

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $138,680 · program services $107,658 · management and general $30,385 · fundraising $637

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $909,022 · program services $706,206 · management and general $198,958 · fundraising $3,858

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $38,550 · program services $30,092 · management and general $8,458

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $133,456 · program services $104,114 · management and general $29,342

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $80,344 · program services $62,668 · management and general $17,676

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,534 · management and general $3,534

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,300 · management and general $23,300

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $54,000 · management and general $54,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,446 · program services $107,668 · management and general $14,189 · fundraising $3,589

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,198 · program services $6,821 · management and general $411 · fundraising -$34

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,273 · program services $13,473 · management and general $3,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $99,087 · program services $74,315 · management and general $24,772

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,079 · management and general $665 · fundraising $1,414

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,706 · program services $13,203 · management and general $6,503

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $27,794 · program services $24,459 · management and general $3,335

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLOUD SERVICES

    total $20,882 · program services $17,750 · management and general $626 · fundraising $2,506

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $10,694 · program services $10,373 · management and general $428 · fundraising -$107

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET

    total $10,421 · program services $8,128 · management and general $2,293

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,019 · program services $12,829 · management and general $3,431 · fundraising $4,759

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $597,532 · end of year $427,145

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,141 · end of year $23,600

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,877

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,534 · end of year $3,370

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,050 · end of year $27,320

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,324 · end of year $12,799

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $54,061 · end of year $35,384

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,146 · end of year $33,341

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $80,540 · end of year $50,778

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $613,181 · end of year $448,071

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$50,656 · end of year -$16,720

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,308 · end of year $14,148

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING AND, DEAF PARENTS WITH HEARING CHILDREN, ASSISTING PARENTS OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 21 BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SUPPORT THAT WILL EMPOWER THEM AS INFORMED DECISION MAKERS.

  • IN FY 2025 PARENT EDUCATORS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 1276 PARENTS LIVING IN 89 OF THE 100 NC COUNTIES. THEY MET WITH 896 FAMILIES IN THEIR HOME TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THEM REGARDING COMMUNICATION OPTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND ASSISTED PARENTS WITH 400 SCHOOL MEETINGS TO ACCESS APPROPRIATE SERVICES. WE PROVIDED PARENTS WITH 426 PARENT GUIDES "UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD'S HEARING LOSS," 58 "PATHWAYS TO COMMUNICATIONS" VIDEOS AND PLUS 877 INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES. ALL SERVICES AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH.

    Expenses $1,323,115 · Grants $23,358

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Diane Doak

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $137,855
    From this org
    $125,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,060
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Thomas Young

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6
  • Kelly Day

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Cayt Kirkman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Anna Beth Kaczmarek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Wade Monroe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Joe Patterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Matt Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Kristen Votta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Mark Appleby

    TREASURER EX

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513029349301841

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