- Revenue 2025
- $2,213,846
- Expenses 2025
- $1,451,179
Program services were 64.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A20
- Classification
- 2100
- Street
- 200 E SAINT JULIAN ST STE 524
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
DEEP CENTER'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER SAVANNAH'S YOUNG PEOPLE TO THRIVE AS LEARNERS,COMMUNITY LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE.THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING, CULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ART, DEEP CENTER CREATES PLATFORMS FOR THE CITY'S YOUTH AND THE VILLAGE OF SUPPORT AROUND THEM, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND ADULT ALLIES, TO SHARE STORIES, ENGAGE IN DEBATES, AND MAKE SAVANNAH A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE PLACE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
DEEP CENTER, INC., A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDED IN 2008 TO ADDRESS THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON LITERACY IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SAVANNAH. DEEP CENTER HELPS STUDENTS WRITE WITH SKILL, CONFIDENCE, AND COURAGE AND SHOWCASES THEIR BEST WORK THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND LIVE READINGS.
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ADULT TRAINING - DEEP CENTER'S ADULT TRAINING PROGRAM WORKED IN PARTNER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT TO BUILD SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TOWARD THE GOAL OF SHIFTING SCHOOL CULTURE TOWARD MORE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 DEEP HELD THE 5TH ANNUAL DEEP WRITING PROJECT, WITH 10 LOCAL TEACHERS, AS THE ONLY NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT (NWP) SITE BASED IN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. THE MISSION OF NWP IS TO FOCUS ON KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, AND LEADERSHIP OF OUR NATION'S EDUCATORS ON A SUSTAINED EFFORT TO IMPROVE WRITING AND LEARNING FOR TEACHER'S AND STUDENTS
Expenses $218,444
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YOUNG AUTHOR PROJECT - DEEP CENTER'S INTRODUCTORY CREATIVE WRITING LITERACY PROGRAM SERVED 307 YOUTH WITH WORKSHOPS HELD IN 13 PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IN 2025, 30 SKILLED ADULT WRITERS MENTORED YOUTH AND ALLOWED THEM THE CHANCE TO WRITE, REVISE, ILLUSTRATE, AND PUBLISH THEIR WRITING IN 6 ANTHOLOGIES. THE BOOKS WERE LAUNCHED AT TWO PUBLIC EVENTS WHERE YOUTH READ THEIR WORK TO AN AUDIENCE REPRESENTING THE DIVERSITY OF SAVANNAH.
Expenses $186,794
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POLICY AND ADVOCACY - THE POLICY AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM'S 2025 FOCUS WAS ON BUILDING COMMUNITY MEMBER'S UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANIZING AND MOVEMENT BUILDING PRACTICES THROUGH WORKSHOPS, LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A 2025 POLICY BRIEF. DATA COLLECTION ON THE IMPACT OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WAS GENERATED VIA INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT THE POLICY BRIEF, AND ADVOCACY FOR SYSTEMS-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS.
Expenses $128,651
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ALL OTHER PROGRAMS
Expenses $402,671
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.
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Holly WhitfieldphdHOLLY WHITFIELDPHD
CHIEF EXEC.
- Total calculated
- $119,474
- From this org
- $112,921
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,553
- Hours/week
- 40
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John Paul BerlonJOHN PAUL BERLON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Katrina BostickKATRINA BOSTICK
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joel DiazJOEL DIAZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark McDanielMARK MCDANIEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bernadette Ball OliverBERNADETTE BALL OLIVER
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lizann RobertsLIZANN ROBERTS
TRUSTEE/DIRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Luella SandersLUELLA SANDERS
BOARD TREASU
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carl WaltonCARL WALTON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chelsea WilliamsCHELSEA WILLIAMS
TRUSTEE/DIRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Courtney WilliamsCOURTNEY WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 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
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2025
- Revenue
- $2,213,846
- Expenses
- $1,451,179
- Contributions
- $2,187,207
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,951,596
- Expenses
- $1,583,716
- Contributions
- $1,879,452
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,173,102
- Expenses
- $1,685,296
- Contributions
- $2,160,111
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,736,679
- Expenses
- $1,502,080
- Contributions
- $1,728,266
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,502,146
- Expenses
- $1,139,931
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,676,873
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,249,096
- Expenses
- $1,029,279
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,182,775
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $944,773
- Expenses
- $703,947
- Assets (EOY)
- $763,442
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $524,638
- Expenses
- $518,717
- Assets (EOY)
- $402,992
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $507,550
- Expenses
- $386,638
- Assets (EOY)
- $397,777
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $289,794
- Expenses
- $262,642
- Assets (EOY)
- $251,268
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $240,725
- Expenses
- $159,745
- Assets (EOY)
- $105,713
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2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $144,711
- Expenses
- $124,867
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,033
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2013 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $80,851
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- $0
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2012 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $87,967
- Expenses
- $91,200
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,208
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010
- Tax period
- 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
- Principal officer
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Catherine Killingsworth
- Mailing address
- PO Box 5582Savannah GA 31414
- Website
- www.deepkids.com
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
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
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$157,500
2022 SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS
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$120,000
2023 SOUTHERN CULTURAL TREASURES GRANTS
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2022 STIPENDS/FELLOWSHIPS
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2023 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
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$50,000
2022 SUPPORT INNOVATIVE LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO REFORM FINES AND FEES, AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR RESIDENTS.
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SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$40,000
2022 REGRANT FROM SAPELO FDN
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$34,140
2022 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
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2023 FINANCIAL SUPPORT
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$20,000
2022 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.