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SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EIN 57-1097814 GREENWOOD, SC

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Revenue 2024
$1,686,804
Expenses 2024
$1,677,986

Program services were 95.3% 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 · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION 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.

  • HEALTHY START-FIRST STEPS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY START IN MAXIMIZING BOTH SCHOOL READINESS AND THE LONG-TERM WELL BEING OF THE STATE'S CHILDREN. THE INITIATIVE PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES FOR- AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF- THE HEALTHCARE, NUTRITION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF THE STATE'S YOUNG CHILDREN.

  • 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.

  • NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP- HOME VISITATION FOR FIRST TIME MOTHERS, FROM PREGNANCY UNTIL THE CHILD TURNS TWO.

  • OTHER INDIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

    Expenses $1,599,111

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Derek Lewis

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $114,380
    From this org
    $114,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly Byers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Shannon Grant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Steve Hudson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Cynthia Langley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Lauren Luneckas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Corey McDowell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Ned Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Lavonda Paul

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Emily Pettigrew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Jennifer Pinkeman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Carrie Silver

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Susan Stevens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38
  • Samantha Tucker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Deedee Washington

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.86
  • Travis Wharton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,686,804
    Expenses
    $1,677,986
    Contributions
    $1,686,015
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,156,932
    Expenses
    $1,952,770
    Contributions
    $2,156,361
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,040,226
    Expenses
    $1,920,792
    Contributions
    $2,004,711
    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
    $1,557,170
    Expenses
    $1,413,934
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,199,257
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,496,255
    Expenses
    $5,326,607
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,192,228
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,420,591
    Expenses
    $1,531,544
    Assets (EOY)
    $830,750
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,344,236
    Expenses
    $1,344,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $954,726
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,432,317
    Expenses
    $1,281,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,294
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,018
    Expenses
    $1,369,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $905,717
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,231,920
    Expenses
    $1,254,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,061,812
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,242,893
    Expenses
    $1,159,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,052,881
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,802,364
    Expenses
    $1,790,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $919,931
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,091,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $929,391

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 2024 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.