Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$7,785,969

Total expenses

$7,251,198

Contributions and grants received

$7,764,722

Grants paid

$5,050,583

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$21,247

Total assets, end of year

$430,528

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,378

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$429,150

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,555,301

Management and general expenses

$1,690,897

Fundraising expenses

$5,000

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,555,301

Program services were 76.6% 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 & EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY: LEAP YEARS CLASSROOMS SERVED 35 AT-RISK AND DISABLED THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN 6 INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS. PURCHASE OF CARE/SUBSIDY ADMINSTRATION PROVIDED SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE FOR 41 LOW INCOME CHILDREN IN REGULATED CHILD CARE HOMES OR LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES HAVING A MINIMUM RATING OF 4 STARS AND FAMILIES WERE PROVIDED WITH STAR RATING INFORMATION. EARLY HEAD START PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CHILDCARE, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 134 LOW-INCOME/AT-RISK CHILDREN AGED BIRTH THROUGH THREE.

  Expenses $2,225,381 · Grants $2,225,381

• NC PRE-K PROGRAM: PROVIDED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS FOR CHILDREN WHO WILL BE FOUR YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2024 BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA INCLUDING SPECIAL NEEDS, FAMILY INCOME OR DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS IN ORDER TO PREPARE PROGRAM CHILDREN FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS BEGINNING IN KINDERGARTEN. 509 CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS AND 429 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO NCPK CLASSROOMS.

  Expenses $2,890,950 · Grants $2,523,190

• CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITY: INCLUDES EARLY HEAD START, CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL, CHILD CARE QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, AND EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS. THROUGH CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL, 48 FAMILIES RECEIVED CHILD CARE REFERRALS; 82 FAMILIES RECEIVED CONSUMER EDUCATION ABOUT CHILD CARE; 177 DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED TO 30 CHILD CARE CENTERS/HOMES. QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY SUPPLEMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO 15 ELIGIBLE FOUR AND FIVE STAR CHILD CARE FACILITIES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT STAR RATING. 40 LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS TO 74 CHILD CARE PROFFESSIONALS. EARLY HEAD START PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR 36 CHILDCARE CENTER TEACHERS, DIRECTORS AND STAFF AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR 7 CHILD CARE CENTER FACILITIES.

  Expenses $391,466 · Grants $302,012

• FAMILY SUPPORT - THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROVIDED OVER 30,000 BOOKS FOR 3,016 ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN ORDER TO INCREASE FAMILY LITERACY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

  Expenses $47,504

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS

  $1,880,880

  NC PRE-K

• CONNECTED KIDS

  $860,784

  NC PRE-K, EARLY HEAD START

• MAMA LISSA'S TINY TOT UNIVERSITY LLC

  $528,257

  EARLY HEAD START

• RESTORATION LEARNING ACADEMY

  $366,250

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

• BERRYLAND CLUBHOUSE

  $363,984

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

• CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS OF CLEVELAND COUNTY INC

  $299,686

  CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL, CHILD CARE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY, EDUC. BONUSES

• PLAY PALACE PRESCHOOL

  $253,735

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

• IT TAKES A VILLAGE CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER

  $197,926

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

• BLOOM BLC

  $123,931

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

• APPLES OF GOLD SOUTH INC

  $50,393

  NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

8 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202601289349303160

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