- Revenue 2024
- $5,974,321
- Expenses 2024
- $5,942,840
Program services were 94.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B012
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 210 E 2ND ST
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).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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CONNECT COMMUNITY
EIN 85-2974889
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To make a compelling impact on Robeson County families by collaborating with early childhood agencies to support programs that measurably develop young children and their caregivers for success.
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North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) program is designed to provide high-quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-old children. Served 687 children at 31 sites and provided 2 trainings to NC Pre-K instructional staff.
Expenses $4,074,514 · Grants $3,736,829
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The Community Outreach and Engagement activity at the Robeson County Partnership for Children is dedicated to strengthening families and supporting children through education, engagement, and connection. We provide valuable resources, host educational events like Smart Start Day and Week of the Young Child and collaborate with community partners to ensure that every child in Robeson County can thrive because a #aSmartStartMatters.
Expenses $284,622 · Grants $18,874
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Professional Development provides technical assistance services for licensed child care facilities in the form of intensive one-on-one coaching provided to selected early childhood educators working in infant, toddler and pre-k classrooms. The activity is implemented using My Teaching Partner Coaching (MTP) and focuses on improving teacher-child interactions as measured by the CLASS tool. Academic advising is offered to students enrolled in Early Childhood courses as requested. 17 providers served; 10 centers served; 6 trainings held
Expenses $228,043 · Grants $228,043
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Expenses $185,749
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Environment Quality Star Tracks (EQST)
Expenses $129,980 · Revenue $615
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Exploration Station
Expenses $128,133 · Grants $5,025 · Revenue $56,776
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Program Coordination & Evaluation
Expenses $126,221
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Seeds 4 Success
Expenses $96,525 · Grants $389
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Promoting Equitable Early Childhood Outcomes
Expenses $93,731
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Resource Lending Library
Expenses $89,276 · Revenue $557
As filed on the 2024 return. The first 10 program lines listed; the rest are in the source return and the API.
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.
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Jessica Lowery Clark
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $115,928
- From this org
- $103,147
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,781
- Hours/week
- 36
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Leslie Bell
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.11
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Normie Bullard
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.34
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Denita Campbell
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.32
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Debra Graham
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.35
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Jennifer Hanna
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.08
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Polly Hunt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.33
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Jason King
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.28
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Vicki Locklear
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.03
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Sonya Morris
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.16
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Velvet Nixon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.02
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MaryJane Richardson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.07
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Eric Sanders
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.15
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Owen Thomas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.28
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Carla Clark
Assistant Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.59
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Marie Clark
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.72
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Rhonda Dial
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.46
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Katie Fountain
Executive Committee Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.41
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Kriston Jacobs
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.49
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Chris Locklear
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.67
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Meghan Miller
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.36
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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2024
- Revenue
- $5,974,321
- Expenses
- $5,942,840
- Contributions
- $5,912,294
- Grants paid
- $4,071,730
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2023
- Revenue
- $6,329,461
- Expenses
- $6,376,868
- Contributions
- $6,260,753
- Grants paid
- $4,464,951
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2022
- Revenue
- $6,246,312
- Expenses
- $6,099,430
- Contributions
- $6,212,786
- Grants paid
- $4,279,596
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
- $6,719,336
- Expenses
- $6,582,326
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,373,329
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,179,983
- Expenses
- $6,284,220
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,206,617
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
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Public Schools of Robeson County
$1,931,126
2023 NC Pre-K
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Public Schools of Robeson County
$1,879,652
2024 NC Pre-K
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Public Schools of Robeson County
$1,715,787
2022 NC Pre-K
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Robeson County Health Department
$347,375
2023 Parents as Teachers, Nurse Family Partnership, Color Me Healthy
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Robeson County Health Department
$320,874
2022 Parents as Teachers, Nurse Family Partnership, Color Me Healthy
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First Baptist Church of Lumberton
$266,549
2023 NC Pre-K
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First Baptist Church of Lumberton
$251,650
2024 NC Pre-K
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Kids Academy LLC
$246,652
2022 NC Pre-K
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Riverwood Pre Elementary II LLC
$232,237
2024 NC Pre-K
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Kids Academy LLC
$230,080
2024 NC Pre-K
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
$1,563,651
2023 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
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NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
$1,561,276
2022 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
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NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
$1,318,301
2024 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
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$55,000
2022
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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 11 November 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.