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LIMESTONE CHARTER ASSOCIATION

EIN 87-1977985 COLUMBIA, SC

Largest nonprofits in South Carolina

Revenue 2025
$80,123,478
Expenses 2025
$79,777,567

Program services were 99.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
6923 N TRENHOLM ROAD

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE AS THE CORNERSTONE OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZING IN SC AND TO FACILITATE A POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS SCHOOL AUTONOMY THROUGH SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT TO OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LIMESTONE CHARTER ASSOCIATION SERVES AS A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZER IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND PROVIDES SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT TO ITS MEMBER SCHOOLS.

  • IN FY 2026, LIMESTONE CHARTER ASSOCIATION ADDED 4 NEW SCHOOLS, FOR A TOTAL OF 17 SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $79,255,998 · Grants $77,370,857 · Revenue $1,518,068

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bridgett Fowler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee Sowell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phyllis Pelzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sedric Webber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Wells

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angel Malone

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,228
    From this org
    $263,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,288
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $272,228

  • Donna Manning

    SEP SUP. OF AUTHORIZATION

    Total calculated
    $137,833
    From this org
    $132,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,150
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kelly Richardson

    DEP SUP. OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $128,250
    From this org
    $122,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,150
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tabitha Taneyhill

    DEP SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $138,730
    From this org
    $132,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,150
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracey Cline

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $116,696
    From this org
    $116,696
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Fran Metta

    DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $109,734
    From this org
    $105,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,715
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $80,123,478
    Expenses
    $79,777,567
    Contributions
    $78,605,410
    Grants paid
    $77,370,857
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $87,644,916
    Expenses
    $87,580,268
    Contributions
    $85,968,768
    Grants paid
    $85,373,185
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $36,791,939
    Expenses
    $36,871,408
    Contributions
    $36,089,153
    Grants paid
    $35,414,478
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,333,338
    Expenses
    $22,664,428
    Contributions
    $21,932,929
    Grants paid
    $21,544,695

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022
Principal officer
Kelly Richardson
Mailing address
1115 College DriveGaffney SC 29340
Website
www.limestonecharters.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2025 return

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.