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SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EIN 57-1097815 GREENWOOD, SC

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Revenue 2023
$341,369
Expenses 2023
$361,420

Program services were 96.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
1402C HIGHWAY 72 W

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

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 EDUCATION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES' EFFORTS TOWARD ENABLING THEIR CHILDREN TO REACH SCHOOL READY TO SUCCEED. OUR MISSION IS THAT EVERY SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD WILL ARRIVE AT KINDERGARTEN READY TO SUCCEED.

  • PARENTING SUPPORT: PARENTS AS TEACHERS-A PARENT EDUCATOR VISITS YOUR HOME AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL READINESS. PAT AIMS TO INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE PARENTING PRACTICES, PROVIDE EARLY DETECTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND HEALTH ISSUES, PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND INCREASE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL READINESS AND SCHOOL SUCCESS. FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE-THE REAL FATHERS ARE DADS FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE WORKS TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THE FATHER HAS BEEN THE MISSING COMPONENT FOR MANY YEARS WITH OUR PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE FOUND THE MISSING COMPONENT. BY USING THE HOLISTIC APPROACH AND WORKING WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE CHANGE HAPPEN. OTHER AGENCIES AND PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE STARTING TO SEE CHANGE AND WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM-AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PARENTING AND FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAM THAT FOCUS ON PARENTING SKILLS, CHILDREN'S SOCIAL SKILLS AND FAMILY LIFE SKILLS TRAINING. THIS 14-SESSION PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR HIGH-RISK AND GENERAL POPULATION FAMILIES.

    Expenses $229,894

  • CHILD CARE: CHILD CARE QUALITY-FIRST STEPS ASSITS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS CERTIFIED THROUGH SC ENDEAVORS AND INCLUDE TOPICS IN THE AREAS OF NUTRITION, HEALTH AND SAFETY, CURRICULUM, CHILD GUIDANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHILD CARE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AIMS TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO YOUNG CHILDREN. ALSO, FIRST STEPS PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES SO THEIR FAMILIES CAN RETURN TO WORK OR SCHOOL.

    Expenses $78,763

  • CORE FUNCTIONS

    Expenses $39,611

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.

  • Santasha Highley

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $74,525
    From this org
    $74,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Traci Baldwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lark Coleman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.34
  • Becky Corbin

    ASSIST- SECR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Alvin Deal

    RESOURCE CHA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23
  • Jody Gable

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Jessica Jacobs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.34
  • Carolyn McCutcheon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19
  • Jane Merrill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.57
  • Cathy Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.26
  • Sabrina Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.34
  • April Ouzts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Loretta Parker

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.92
  • Alyson Perrin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Michelle Whitaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19

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
    $341,369
    Expenses
    $361,420
    Contributions
    $341,342
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $264,770
    Expenses
    $251,957
    Contributions
    $264,742
    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
    $262,310
    Expenses
    $309,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,564
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $266,272
    Expenses
    $219,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,339
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $215,069
    Expenses
    $242,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,118
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $256,613
    Expenses
    $235,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,570
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $225,009
    Expenses
    $232,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,658
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $228,805
    Expenses
    $221,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,965
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $213,135
    Expenses
    $216,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,537
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $221,408
    Expenses
    $227,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,812
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $229,303
    Expenses
    $234,729
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,876
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $220,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,302

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.