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CARES CENTER INC

EIN 64-0823550 JACKSON, MS

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Revenue 2025
$23,093,541
Expenses 2025
$25,342,243

Program services were 77.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B28Z
Classification
2100
Street
1465 LAKELAND DR

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF COMPASSIONATE, MEASURABLE, AND EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF COMPASSIONATE, MEASURABLE, AND EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY PROVIDING MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY AND CARES CENTER, INC. (DBA CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS).

  • CARES CENTER PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY FOR ADOLESCENTS AGES 6 TO 17 WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCES. THE 60 BED FACILITY INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY THERAPY; MEDICAL SERVICES, THERAPEUTIC RECREATION; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS; AND SOCIAL SKILL TRAINING. 204 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED DURING 2025.

    Expenses $9,712,184 · Grants $4,533 · Revenue $11,535,272

  • EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - CARES SCHOOLS IN JACKSON, HATTIESBURG AND BILOXI ARE ACCREDITED, NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS DESIGNED TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHOSE BEHAVIOR PROHIBITS PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING. THE CANOPY SCHOOL IS A FULLY-ACCREDITED SCHOOL THAT EMPOWERS THE DIVERSE ABILITIES OF CHILDREN THROUGH AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO EDUCATION IN A SUPPORTIVE, INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE ENVIRONMENT. 335 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED DURING 2025.

    Expenses $8,169,631 · Grants $8,100 · Revenue $7,354,378

  • THE EARLY INTERVENTION AUTISM CLINICS - EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS UTILIZING APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA) FOR CHILDREN 18 MONTHS TO 8 YEARS OLD DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. 27 CHILDREN SERVED DURING 2025.

    Expenses $1,818,961 · Revenue $1,376,374

  • CANOPY PROPERTY.

    Expenses $19,147

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Sherribeth Wright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Gerard Gibert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Latoya Merritt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jill Pierce

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 10 related
  • Sherry Rainey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Will Lampton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jackie Meck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Dave Dennis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Charlotte Seals

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Lauren Brewer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jia Scott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 10 related
  • Monica Harrigill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Dorian Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Jennie Simmons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Barney Daly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Robert Abney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Hank Waterer

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Phillip Scurria

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Lisa Bemis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Craig Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • John Arledge

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Lane Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Alfrado Donelson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Laurie McRee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • Rochelle Hicks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $23,093,541
    Expenses
    $25,342,243
    Contributions
    $2,785,637
    Grants paid
    $12,633
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $22,770,743
    Expenses
    $22,430,483
    Contributions
    $3,199,562
    Grants paid
    $10,359
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $21,496,088
    Expenses
    $19,703,015
    Contributions
    $3,867,894
    Grants paid
    $997
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,118,563
    Expenses
    $17,222,051
    Contributions
    $4,746,253
    Grants paid
    $611

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,114,688
    Expenses
    $15,066,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,449,159
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,590,939
    Expenses
    $14,209,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,539,209
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,898,783
    Expenses
    $14,017,823
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,540,965
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,437,981
    Expenses
    $13,153,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,421,302
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,576,392
    Expenses
    $16,253,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,906,608
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,365,078
    Expenses
    $15,783,753
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,415,569
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,576,213
    Expenses
    $14,044,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,411,843
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,109,916
    Expenses
    $14,508,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,998,862
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,380,107
    Expenses
    $13,903,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,943,426
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,871,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,914,933

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. 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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

  • MY CANOPY LLC

    SEE PART VII · MS · income $0 · assets $0

  • CANOPY CARES REAL ESTATE

    SEE PART VII · MS · income $0 · assets $0

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 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.