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EIN 57-1031173 SPARTANBURG, SC

Revenue 2024
$9,347,217
Expenses 2024
$7,890,945

Program services were 66.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O55
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 5157

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 6161), covering 3 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Hugh Brantley

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Chibbaro

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tully Brewer

    Chairman of Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bob Caldwell Sr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Courtney Shelton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Bishop

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amie Busbee

    CFO/Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $192,878
    From this org
    $170,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,462
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,916
    Bonus
    $18,680
    Other
    $1,820
    Deferred
    $4,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,858
    Filer's total
    $192,878

  • Kevin Drake

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $277,154
    From this org
    $274,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,674
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,455
    Bonus
    $38,110
    Other
    $1,915
    Deferred
    $2,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $277,154

  • Andrew Provence

    Director of Partner Relations

    Total calculated
    $155,674
    From this org
    $132,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,534
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,731
    Bonus
    $18,800
    Other
    $3,609
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,534
    Filer's total
    $155,674

  • Brian Tramel

    Director of Information Technology

    Total calculated
    $161,576
    From this org
    $135,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,456
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,947
    Bonus
    $16,800
    Other
    $4,373
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,456
    Filer's total
    $161,576

  • Matthew Bradley

    Director of Supply Chain

    Total calculated
    $164,642
    From this org
    $138,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,533
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,535
    Bonus
    $18,800
    Other
    $4,774
    Deferred
    $3,061
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,472
    Filer's total
    $164,642

  • Mitchell Hollis

    Director of Upward Running

    Total calculated
    $165,927
    From this org
    $143,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,154
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,331
    Bonus
    $18,780
    Other
    $1,662
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,154
    Filer's total
    $165,927

  • Travis Vaughn

    Director of Market Research

    Total calculated
    $157,810
    From this org
    $143,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,182
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,359
    Bonus
    $18,800
    Other
    $5,469
    Deferred
    $3,386
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,796
    Filer's total
    $157,810

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 — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,347,217
    Expenses
    $7,890,945
    Contributions
    $5,633
    Grants paid
    $302,132
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,932,979
    Expenses
    $10,077,040
    Contributions
    $16,600
    Grants paid
    $3,359,788
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,636,661
    Expenses
    $7,952,467
    Contributions
    $127,062
    Grants paid
    $37,322

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.