Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,769,816

Total expenses

$3,776,333

Contributions and grants received

$3,760,211

Grants paid

$2,527,958

Program service revenue

$254

Investment income

$433

Other revenue

$8,918

Total assets, end of year

$276,643

Total liabilities, end of year

$141,153

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$135,490

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,152,591

Management and general expenses

$590,093

Fundraising expenses

$33,649

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,152,591

Program services were 83.5% 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

• EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION: INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: QUALITY EARLY CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION (QECE), INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (IPDP) AND WAGES SUPPLEMENT. CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL (CCR&R) ALSO PARTIALLY SUPPORTED DELIVERY OF 87 VIRTUAL LOCAL AND/OR IN PERSON LOCAL TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS WITH 584 (UNDUPLICATED) CHILD CARE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATING, FOUR QUARTERLY DIRECTORS' EDUCATION FORUMS FOCUSING ON LEADERSHIP AND POSITIVE PROGRAM CLIMATE, AND ONGOING GENERAL AND INTENSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TARGETING SANITATION AND SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL RATING SCALES AND GENERAL LICENSURE PROVIDED TO 67 CHILD CARE FACILITIES. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES WERE AWARDED TO 77 (UNDUPLICATED) FULL-TIME CHILD CARE TEACHERS IN 46 CHILD CARE FACILITIES FOR EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT DURING SUMMER, FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. A WAGES SUPPLEMENT WAS PROVIDED TO 63 PARTICIPANTS; THESE PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN 43 DIFFERENT CHILD CARE FACILITIES SERVING 2176 CHILDREN.

  Expenses $1,121,901 · Grants $791,546

• FAMILY SUPPORT: INCLUDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH, RAISING A READER(RAR), LINCOLN COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER (LCCAC), AND POSITIVE PARENTING (TRIPLE P) PROGRAM. A TOTAL OF 2491 FREE BOOKS WERE GIVEN TO YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS. 275 BOOKS WERE PURCHASED DURING FY 24-25 AND ADDED TO THE 290 BOOKS ALREADY IN CIRCULATION, TOTALING 565 BOOKS LOANED TO 99 CHILDREN ON A ROTATING BASIS THROUGH 6 CHILDCARE FACILITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE RAR EARLY LITERACY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY. THE LCCAC UTILIZED FORENSIC INTERVIEWERS WITHIN A FULL-TIME POSITION AS PART OF A CULTURALLY COMPENTENT, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM PROVIDING SERVICES TO 21 CHILD VICTIMS AND THEIR NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVERS (42). A FULL-TIME PARENT EDUCATOR UTILIZED TRIPLE P RESOURCES DURING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PARENTING SUPPORT (8 PARTICIPANTS) AND INTENSIVE COURT-ORDERED PARENTING GROUP SESSIONS (45 PARTICIPANTS) TO MODEL DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PARENTING PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT POSITIVE PARENT/CHILD INTERACTIONS. A TOTAL OF 95 PARENTS/CAREGIVERS RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH THESE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS. THE PARTNERSHIP'S DOLLY PARTONS IMAGINATION LIBRARY EXPANSION ACCOUNT DELIVERED 52,635 BOOKS TO 4386 CHILDREN.

  Expenses $293,480 · Grants $123,105

• NC PRE-K: COMMUNITY-BASED, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO ENHANCE SCHOOL READINESS FOR AT-RISK, ELIGIBLE 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. CHILDREN MAY BE SERVED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTER CLASSROOMS OR HEAD START PROGRAMS. RISK IS DETERMINED BY PARENT'S INCOME, IDENTIFIED DISABILITY, CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION, DEVELOPMENTAL OR EDUCATIONAL NEED OR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFIENCY. 273 CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN THE LINCOLN COUNTY NC PRE-K PROGRAM, WITH 13 EXITING DURING THE YEAR.

  Expenses $1,609,336 · Grants $1,500,949

• OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: INCLUDES CHILD CARE HEALTH CONSULTANTS (CCHC). OF NOTE, THE CCHC IN LINCOLN COUNTY RESIGNED IN AUGUST 2024 AND THE POSITION HAS REMAINED UNFILLED. CONSULTATIONS AND SCHEDULED TRAININGS PROMOTING REQUIRED HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES WERE PROVIDED TO 21 GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTY LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES, AND OF THOSE, 20 LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES RECEIVED INTENSIVE/ON SITE CCH CONSULTATION SERVICES. 192 CHILDREN'S IMMUNIZATION RECORD REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN GASTON COUNTY. 26 COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS INCLUDING HEALTH & SAFETY (HAND HYGIENE), CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY, AND GARDENING/GREEN THUMB PROJECT WERE COORDINATED ONSITE IN GASTON COUNTY CHILDCARE FACILITIES.

  Expenses $127,874 · Grants $112,358

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

• LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS

  $908,159

  QECE T1; NC PRE-K

• MINI ACADEMY AT DENVER

  $307,195

  QECE T1, NC PRE-K

• GASTON COMMUNITY ACTION

  $146,999

  QECE T1; NC PRE-K

• COMSERVE INC DBA A PLACE TO GROW

  $137,961

  QECE T1, NC PRE-K

• GASTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

  $112,358

  CHILD CARE HEALTH CONSULTANT

• KENLIN ACADEMY PRESCHOOL

  $73,119

  QECE T1, NC PRE-K

• NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF GASTON COUNTY

  $68,934

  TRIPLE P; FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

• LINCOLN COUNTY COALITION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE

  $54,806

  FAMILY ENGAGEMENT-CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

• LJ SCHOOLS CAROLINA INC DBA SMART KIDS CDC #5

  $45,885

  QECE T1

• FIRST BAPTIST CHILDCARE MINISTRIES

  $41,782

  QECE T1

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

24 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533289349300848

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