Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$6,415,629

Total expenses

$6,376,982

Contributions and grants received

$5,827,434

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$564,801

Investment income

$23,394

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$5,826,260

Total liabilities, end of year

$688,345

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,137,915

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,793,563

Management and general expenses

$583,419

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,793,563

Program services were 90.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Full-year, Part-Day Head Start, Pre-K, and Early Head Start Programs: Promise Early Education Center is the foremost early learning program in Central Maine that is dedicated to educating the whole child and preparing that child for success in school and opportunities beyond. As the Head Start Program for Androscoggin County, Promise Early Education Center provides a safe, engaging and empowering place for children to learn and grow; offers a results-driven educational curriculum taught by degreed, licensed teachers; and supports the engagement of parents and caregivers in their child's learning through partnership, communication, and a commitment to parents and caregivers as primary educators. Promise offers it all affordably, so all families can put their children first.

  Expenses $4,137,405 · Revenue $330,365

• Child Care Program: Promise Early Education Center strives to provide all children with a safe, nurturing, engaging, enjoyable, and secure learning environment. Each child is treated as an individual in an inclusive community that values, respects, and responds to diversity. Promise focuses around early childhood education and the important role it plays in a child's overall development ranging from social and emotional, physical, cognitive, and language and literacy development. We believe that each child is special and unique. Our goal is to meet each child's needs at his/her own level and to offer support to the families who care for them.

  Expenses $472,382 · Revenue $219,682

• Food and Nutrition Programs: the Organizations offers food and dietary relief services through its Child and Adult Care Food Program ("CACFP"). The CACFP provides cash reimbursement to child and adult day care providers for serving meals and snacks meeting USDA standards to participants enrolled in care. Promise's food program recognizes and supports the important role childcare homes play in developing the healthy eating habits, growth, development, and overall wellness of young children. The Organization also assist in nutritional and affordable meal planning services.

  Expenses $756,122

• The Organization provides many other child and family care services to its community. Examples include sponsoring and providing family educators, who meet weekly with client-families at the family's home. Educators guide and engage parents, lead activities, and act as resources for questions, concerns, and support. The goal is to help parents build a healthy parent-child relationship. Visits include education and child development opportunities, social services referrals, and guidance and referrals for health, mental health, and nutrition concerns. We also offer group gatherings twice a month where families can meet other parents of young children, helping build a community of support. Promise also provides prenatal support and assistance to expectant mothers to support healthy pregnancies and childbirth, starting the path toward a future of possibility for babies right from the start. A family educator conveniently visits families in their home and helps them through prenatal coaching, nutritional counseling (including WIC benefits), and helps to coordinate attendance at local childbirth education and newborn parenting classes. We also provide information on establishing a medical and dental home, health insurance, and any other community resource that provides support to expectant families.

  Expenses $427,654 · Revenue $14,754

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

19 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620829349300322

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