SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

EIN 57-1097863 GREENWOOD, SC

Revenue 2023: $587,466
Expenses 2023: $598,498

Program services were 94.4% 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 · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS THAT EVERY SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD WILL ARRIVE AT KINDERGARTEN READY TO SUCCEED.

FAMILY STRENGTHENING-FIRST STEPS WORKS TO INCREASE PARENTS' ABILITY TO STIMULATE THEIR CHILD'S INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITATION AND PARENTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS PARENTS AS TEACHERS.

Expenses $369,690
HEALTHY START-FIRST STEPS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTH START IN MAXIMIZING BOTH SCHOOL READINESS AND THE LONG-TERM WELL BEING OF THE STATE'S CHILDREN. THE INITIATIVE PARTNERS WIHT 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.

Expenses $52,500
SCHOOL TRANSITION-DEVELOPED BY SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS - AND IDENTIFIED AS A PROMISING STATE PRACTICE BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION IN 2005 - COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN IS A HOME VISITATION PROGRAM PAIRING THE FAMILIES OF HIGH-RISK RISING KINDERGARTNERS WITH THEIR FUTURE TEACHERS DURING THE SUMMER BEFORE SCHOOL ENTRY. TEACHERS COMPLETE SIX VISITS WITH EACH FAMILY,CENTERED UPON CLASSROOM AND CONTENT EXPECTATIONS.

Expenses $30,223
INDIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

Expenses $112,462

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.

SWORDS KASEY

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
NICHOLS FAYE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
HICKS GEORGE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
DICKENS MEREDITH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
RAMPY LIZ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
SANDERS MELISSA - RET

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
SCHAFER JOHN - RET

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
WILLIS LAUREN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
MARTIN JEFF

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
WILTROUT KATE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
MATHENY NICOLE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
BOYLES TRACI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
TATE VICTORIA - RET

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.1
JACKS LYLE

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
BUCKNER AMITY

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$63,000

From this org

$63,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$587,466

Expenses

$598,498

Contributions

$587,382

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$423,812

Expenses

$418,401

Contributions

$423,733

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$587,466	$598,498	$587,382	$0
2022	$423,812	$418,401	$423,733	$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

$413,029

Expenses

$447,573

Assets (EOY)

$210,544
2020 · 990

Revenue

$362,011

Expenses

$300,808

Assets (EOY)

$175,396
2019 · 990

Revenue

$278,915

Expenses

$288,723

Assets (EOY)

$106,833
2018 · 990

Revenue

$311,648

Expenses

$313,815

Assets (EOY)

$118,104
2017 · 990

Revenue

$296,081

Expenses

$306,164

Assets (EOY)

$150,109
2016 · 990

Revenue

$296,190

Expenses

$279,788

Assets (EOY)

$120,345
2015 · 990

Revenue

$263,177

Expenses

$271,085

Assets (EOY)

$108,876
2014 · 990

Revenue

$272,422

Expenses

$240,376

Assets (EOY)

$107,108
2013 · 990

Revenue

$306,354

Expenses

$305,435

Assets (EOY)

$72,138
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$267,157

Assets (EOY)

$75,495

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$413,029	$447,573	$210,544
2020	990	$362,011	$300,808	$175,396
2019	990	$278,915	$288,723	$106,833
2018	990	$311,648	$313,815	$118,104
2017	990	$296,081	$306,164	$150,109
2016	990	$296,190	$279,788	$120,345
2015	990	$263,177	$271,085	$108,876
2014	990	$272,422	$240,376	$107,108
2013	990	$306,354	$305,435	$72,138
2012	990	not reported	$267,157	$75,495

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

SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

$492,196

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

$403,500

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
UNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY

$9,250

2024
UNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY

no cash amount reported

2023
UNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY

no cash amount reported

2022

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

SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOO

STATE OFFI · SC

Declared as related by

SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.