Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$4,677,882

Total expenses

$4,677,915

Contributions and grants received

$4,571,268

Grants paid

$2,360,482

Program service revenue

$13,027

Investment income

$16,228

Other revenue

$77,359

Total assets, end of year

$644,217

Total liabilities, end of year

$90,547

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$553,670

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,071,939

Management and general expenses

$573,634

Fundraising expenses

$32,342

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,071,939

Program services were 87.0% 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

• North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) provides high-quality early educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-old children. The program requirements are built on the premise that to be successful in school, children need to be prepared in five areas: 1) approaches to play and learning, 2) emotional and social development, 3) health and physical development 4) language development and communication, and 5) cognitive development. 366 children were served in 20 classrooms. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, children's developmental assessments showed substantial growth across all domains: physical (38% to 94%), language (41% to 100%), cognitive (38% to 90%), literacy (30% to 92%), and mathematics (29% to 93%). These improvements highlight the program's impact on fostering well-rounded child development.

  Expenses $2,457,180 · Grants $2,282,552

• Quality Child Care Supports is an activity designed to promote continuous quality improvement of child care centers and/or homes.Services provided in this activity include (1) Technical assistance: Technical assistance (in the form of coaching and modeling) provided to early childhood educators working in licensed and G.S.110 programs, as well as start-up support, serving children birth to twelve years old. The Technical Assistance activity is focused on improving the ECE program environment and improving teacher/child interaction while also supporting enhanced program quality through technical assistance to support stars. (2) Training for child care providers: Training for DCDEE credit hours is provided on child care related topics and coordination of CEU opportunities. Staff provided 271 technical assistance visits. 70 classrooms were served in 28 facilities. 119 child care staff were served impacting 935 children. 95 trainings were offered training 540 staff impacting 4,611 children.

  Expenses $392,553 · Revenue $12,817

• Family Resource Center is a community-based family engagement initiative that offers access to a variety of support services to families with young children. Staff work with families to identify needs and provide support or referrals to programs and services which support one or more of the five protective factors: 1) Concrete Support in Times of Need 2) Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development 3) Parental Resilience 4) Social and Emotional Competence in Children and 5) Social Connections/Peer Supports. The following supports are offered based on their individual needs: 1) Family navigation (assisting families with accessing services and supports), 2) Developmental assessments to educate families on developmental milestones and make referrals for services, 3) The Discovery Room for open play and for families and children to meet for social support, 4) One-time parenting classes on a variety of topics, 5) Child passenger safety education, which may include provision of car seats and 6) A Parent Connection Newsletter to educate families about child development issues and community resources. 405 families served, 67 families with 92 children attended open play, 385 SWYCs (Survey of Well-being of Young Children) completed, 155 referrals made with 87% of families using at least 1 referral, 51 car seats distributed, 1355 packs of diapers distributed serving 355 children

  Expenses $272,098 · Grants $13,969

• Community Systems Building

  Expenses $231,254

• Program Coordination & Evaluation

  Expenses $128,074

• Incredible Years Parenting Program

  Expenses $120,152 · Grants $12,556

• Community Outreach & Awareness

  Expenses $93,101 · Grants $157

• Early Intervention

  Expenses $65,716

• Circle of Parents

  Expenses $53,298 · Grants $1,816

• Nurturing Parenting Program

  Expenses $52,212 · Grants $6,580

• Professional Development

  Expenses $50,166

• Read to Grow Campaign for Grade Level Reading

  Expenses $45,611 · Grants $17,962 · Revenue $210

• Kaleidoscope Play & Learn

  Expenses $39,046

• Family Assistance

  Expenses $36,239 · Grants $23,203

• Triple P Parenting Program

  Expenses $22,749

• Dolly Parton Imagination Library

  Expenses $12,440 · Grants $1,687

• Inclusion Park

  Expenses $50

As filed on the 2024 return.

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

• Child Development Schools Inc

  $781,553

  NC Pre-K

• Johnston County Schools

  $355,632

  NC Pre-K

• Imagination Learning Center Inc

  $258,840

  NC Pre-K

• Little Believer's Academy Inc

  $258,121

  NC Pre-K

• Kid's Country Day Care Inc

  $245,179

  NC Pre-K

• Adventures Under the Sun Childcare Development Center Inc

  $129,420

  NC Pre-K

• Playmates Child Care of Johnston County Inc

  $127,982

  NC Pre-K

• Two By Two Daycare Development Center Inc

  $125,825

  NC Pre-K

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202533119349303963

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