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SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EIN 57-1097811 GREENWOOD, SC

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Revenue 2023
$793,512
Expenses 2023
$794,249

Program services were 93.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B012
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 429

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

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES (EIN 57-1087576). 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR VISION IS THAT EVERY SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD WILL ARRIVE AT KINDERGARTEN READY TO SUCCEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SECTION 59-152-10 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE ESTABLISHED THE SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE, RESULTS-ORIENTED INITIATIVE FOR IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING, THROUGH LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS, AND SUPPORT FOR HIGH- QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONS SERVICES FOR CHILDREN BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES' EFFORTS TOWARD ENABLING THEIR CHILDREN TO REACH SCHOOL READY TO SUCCEED.

  • CHILD CARE QUALITY-FIRST STEPS ASSISTS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM QUALITY BY FUNDING TARGETED UPGRADES TO MEET DSS LICENSING OR ABC- ENHANCED REQUIREMENTS, AND TO FURTHER ENHANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. ALSO, FIRST STEPS PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND INCREASES THE NUMBER OF CHILD CARE SLOTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

    Expenses $377,408

  • FAMILY STRENGTHENING-FIRST STEPS WORKS TO INCREASE PARENTS' ABILITY TO STIMULATE THEIR CHILD'S INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITATION AND PARENTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS PARENTS AS TEACHERS.

    Expenses $242,738

  • SCHOOL TRANSITION-DEVELOPED BY SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS - AND IDENTIFIED AS A PROMISING STATE PRACTICE BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION IN 2005 - COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN IS A HOME VISITATION PROGRAM PAIRING THE FAMILIES OF HIGH-RISK RISING KINDERGARTNERS WITH THEIR FUTURE TEACHERS DURING THE SUMMER BEFORE SCHOOL ENTRY. TEACHERS COMPLETE SIX VISITS WITH EACH FAMILY, CENTERED UPON CLASSROOM AND CONTENT EXPECTATIONS.

    Expenses $59,722

  • CORE FUNCTIONS

    Expenses $66,133

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nicole Echols

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.84
  • Pheobe Clark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Laura C Marsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Orbree C Friday-Widder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Debbie Jones

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.84
  • Kippie Brown

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Spencer R Scott

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $107,840
    From this org
    $107,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Belinda Cain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Mary Howard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Jordan Waters

    VICE-CHAIRPE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Shalah Sweeney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Eleanor Flemming

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $793,512
    Expenses
    $794,249
    Contributions
    $793,296
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $565,602
    Expenses
    $549,287
    Contributions
    $565,400
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $518,692
    Expenses
    $552,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $357,000
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $425,810
    Expenses
    $462,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $383,853
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $570,542
    Expenses
    $512,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $576,704
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $572,550
    Expenses
    $446,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $365,142
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $491,719
    Expenses
    $514,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $222,877
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $476,928
    Expenses
    $484,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $455,569
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $450,205
    Expenses
    $511,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $406,564
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $450,638
    Expenses
    $402,365
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,650
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $435,911
    Expenses
    $455,629
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,220
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $454,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,092

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

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 2023 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.