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PRESCHOOL PROMISE INC

EIN 81-4799474 DAYTON, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2025
$11,158,995
Expenses 2025
$10,988,226

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
2251 TIMBER LN

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

PRESCHOOL PROMISE'S VISION IS THAT EVERY CHILD IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO IS READY FOR SUCCESS IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND. WE ARE DOING THAT BY IMPROVING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM SO THAT EVERY CHILD CAN ACCESS HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES - SUCH AS CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL, HOME VISITING, HEALTHCARE AND PARENTING SUPPORT.

  • PARTNER WITH FAMILIES: PRESCHOOL PROMISE WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS OUTREACH TEAM AND PARTNERS TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING AND CONNECT PARENTS WITH RESOURCES. FAMILIES RECEIVE FREE RESOURCES TO PROMOTE LEARNING AT HOME - SUCH AS PLAY KITS AND BOOKS-OF-THE-MONTH.

    Expenses $916,006 · Grants $500

  • IMPROVE QUALITY: PRESCHOOL PROMISE PROVIDES INTENSIVE, YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE LEARNING IN CLASSROOMS; TEACHERS RECEIVE STIPENDS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL SITES, AND TEACHERS RECEIVE GRANTS TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THE EARLY LEARNING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. PRESCHOOL PROMISE OFFERS THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM TO HELP TEACHERS EARN DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

    Expenses $3,059,934 · Grants $1,456,371 · Revenue $13,021

  • ASSIST FAMILIES: PRESCHOOL PROMISE IS HELPING FAMILIES FIND AND AFFORD HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BY LEVERAGING AVAILABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL FUNDING AND OFFERING TUITION ASSISTANCE TO FILL IN THE GAP. PROVIDERS ARE OFFERED GRANTS TO EXPAND PRESCHOOL SEATS TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN. PRESCHOOL PROMISE ALSO WORKS TO IMPROVE REGULAR ATTENDANCE.

    Expenses $3,537,940 · Grants $2,654,391

  • NORTHWEST DAYTON, HOPE ZONE, EIR, AND BIRTH TO 5 INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $2,360,937 · Grants $161,256 · Revenue $95,091

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.

  • Deborah Feldman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anissa Lumpkin

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jane McGee-Rafal

    SECRETARY / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dwan Tarrance

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chanel Winston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Malcolm Keith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Heitkamp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robyn Lightcap

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $242,071
    From this org
    $166,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $166,328
    Deferred
    $41,582
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,161
    Filer's total
    $242,071
  • Marie Giffen

    SR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $178,659
    From this org
    $137,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $137,762
    Deferred
    $19,287
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,610
    Filer's total
    $178,659
  • Ashley Marshall

    SR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $137,256
    From this org
    $110,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,156
    Hours/week
    40
  • Latoria Marcellus

    SR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $135,726
    From this org
    $108,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,968
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $11,158,995
    Expenses
    $10,988,226
    Contributions
    $11,050,883
    Grants paid
    $4,272,518
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,379,117
    Expenses
    $12,537,531
    Contributions
    $12,250,120
    Grants paid
    $6,629,513
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,487,242
    Expenses
    $10,921,024
    Contributions
    $10,396,020
    Grants paid
    $5,561,371

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
    $8,117,368
    Expenses
    $6,920,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,299,915
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,970,715
    Expenses
    $5,799,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,182,150
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,478,943
    Expenses
    $5,353,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,967,253
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,878,564
    Expenses
    $4,862,249
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,957,216
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,466,726
    Expenses
    $2,314,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,767,364

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.

Grants made

  • VARIOUS PRESCHOOLS

    $3,914,290

    2023 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND PRESCHOOLS IN THE DAYTON AREA.

  • VARIOUS PRESCHOOLS

    $3,215,788

    2022 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND PRESCHOOLS IN THE DAYTON AREA.

  • VARIOUS PRESCHOOLS

    $2,040,967

    2025 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND PRESCHOOLS IN THE DAYTON AREA.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 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.