Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,619,688

Total expenses

$2,159,024

Contributions and grants received

$2,558,472

Grants paid

$1,034,774

Program service revenue

$15,605

Investment income

$6,848

Other revenue

$38,763

Total assets, end of year

$1,031,845

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,926

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,027,919

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,922,679

Management and general expenses

$233,674

Fundraising expenses

$2,671

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,922,679

Program services were 89.1% 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

• NC PRE-K - THE NC PRE-K PROGRAM PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO ENHANCE SCHOOL READINESS FOR ELIGIBLE FOUR-YEAR OLDS. 8 PRE-K CLASSROOMS FUNDED SERVING 86 CHILDREN.

  Expenses $562,080 · Grants $517,406

• FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMSWE OFFER SUPPORT GROUPS, PARENTING CONSULTATION, PARENTING CLASSES/PROGRAMS, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, A DIAPER BANK, TEEN PARENTING PROGRAM AND HOME VISITS TO OFFER SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES AS WELL AS HELP CONNECT THEM WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES. OVER 1,543 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN OUR FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDED:-PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAMS - SERVED 45 PARENTS AND 49 CHILDREN. MONTHLY HOME VISITS WERE DELIEVERED (1-2/MONTH PER FAMILY), DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS WERE COMPLETED ON CHILDREN WHO WERE ELIGIBLE AFTER 90 DAYS IN THE PROGRAM, AND 12 GROUP SESSIONS HELD. -CIRCLE OF PARENTS SUPPORT PROGRAMS - 3 SUPPORT GROUPS PROVIDED SERVICES TO 93 PARENTS AND 62 CHILDREN. 128 SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS HELD. -INCREDIBLE YEARS - PARENTING CLASS SERVED 32 PARENTS AND 24 CHILDREN. -TRIPLE P SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 106 PARENTS AND 168 CHILDREN. 3 LEVEL-3 DISSCUSSION GROUPS HELD THIS YEAR; 3 LEVEL-2 SEMINARS HELD THIS YEAR; 60 LEVEL-2 TIP SHEET INTERVENTIONS HELD, 1 LEVEL 4 (INTENSE) INTERVENTION COMPLETED; 5 LEVEL 3 BRIEF PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS COMPLETED.- DIAPER BANK - 160,442 DIAPERS WERE PROVIED TO 779 CHILDREN. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS LARGELY DUE TO INCREASED NEED FOLLOWING HURRICANE HELENE.-POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP - MET 42 WEEKS OF THE YEAR AND SERVED 22 PARENTS.-CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENT CLASS SERVED 17 PARENTS AND 18 CHILDREN.-KALEIDOSCOPE PLAY & LEARN GROUP SERVED 60 PARENTS, 5 PROVIDERS, AND 85 CHILDREN.

  Expenses $623,464 · Grants $43,991

• HURRICAN RELIEF - DONATIONS AND GRANTS RECEIVED TO SUPPORT CHILD CARE BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE. 18 LOCAL CHILD CARE BUSINESSES RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LOSS OF REVENUE (MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024) ALLOWING THE CHILD CARE BUSINESSES TO PAY STAFF WHILE THEY WERE TEMPORARILY CLOSED OR RELOCATED. FUNDING ALSO PROVIDED FOR CLEANING UP AND REPAIRING FACILITIES DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANE. 462 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE HURRICANE RECEIVED EMERGENCY SUPPORT.

  Expenses $364,091 · Grants $345,146

• CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY - THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL PROVIDED FUNDS TO SUPPORT 11 (OF 77 CHILDREN) WHO RECEIVED CHILD CARE SUBSIDY.

  Expenses $175,902 · Grants $120,211

• CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITYWE PROVIDE CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL SERVICES AND WORK WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND DIRECTORS TO OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THROUGH OUR CCR&R SERVICES AND PATHWAYS TO ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. ALL CHILDCARE CENTERS AND FAMILY HOME CARE SITES IN WATAUGA COUNTY WERE OFFERED FREE SERVICES AS LISTED ABOVE. 167 TEACHERS BENEFITED FROM HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING. 46 TRAININGS WERE HELD. 11 CENTERS PARTICIPATED IN OUR DUAL QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AND RECEIVED DUAL SUBSIDY DOLLARS TO INCREASE THE WAGES OF THEIR LEAD TEACHERS TO AT LEAST $12 PER HOUR. DUAL SCHOOL - A 1/2 DAY, HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. WE SERVED 9 STUDENTS IN FY 24-25.RESOURCE LIBRARY - 55 INDIVIDUALS MADE 146 VISITS TO CHECK OUT RESOURCE LIBRARY MATERIALS IN FY 24-25.EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY1,052 CHLDREN RECEIVED BOOKS THROUGH DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL). DPIL DISTRIBUTED 10,166 BOOKS TO THESE CHILDREN.135 CHILDREN, 144 PARENTS AND 10 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS WERE SERVED IN OUR RAISING A READER PROGRAM.

  Expenses $197,142 · Grants $8,020

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

• WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS

  $317,961

  NC PRE-K & HURRICANE RELIEF

• LUCY BROCK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $254,526

  NC PRE K SUBSIDY

• KID COVE AT LYNHILL

  $119,270

  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF

• MOUNTAIN PATHWAYS

  $52,166

  HURRICANE RELIEF, QUALITY ENHANCEMENT

• MERRY-LAND ACADEMY

  $49,963

  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF

• SUGAR GROVE DEVELOPMENTAL DAY SCHOOL

  $32,102

  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF

• SUNNY SIDE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $28,729

  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF

• BOONE UNITED METHODIST

  $17,477

  HURRICANE RELIEF

• SMALL BLESSINGS

  $7,640

  HURRICANE RELIEF

• LITTLE JEWELS

  $6,995

  QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202503359349301040

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