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CLEVELAND COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC

EIN 56-1875246 SHELBY, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$7,785,969
Expenses 2024
$7,251,198

Program services were 76.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B012
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 2325

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 · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE EVERY CHILD BIRTH THROUGH FIVE WITH ACCESS TO QUALITY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL BETTER PREPARE THE CHILD TO ENTER SCHOOL HEALTHY AND READY TO LEARN THROUGH THE USE OF COMMUNITY AND OTHER CLEVELAND COUNTY RESOURCES.

  • CHILD CARE & EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY: LEAP YEARS CLASSROOMS SERVED 35 AT-RISK AND DISABLED THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN 6 INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS. PURCHASE OF CARE/SUBSIDY ADMINSTRATION PROVIDED SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE FOR 41 LOW INCOME CHILDREN IN REGULATED CHILD CARE HOMES OR LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES HAVING A MINIMUM RATING OF 4 STARS AND FAMILIES WERE PROVIDED WITH STAR RATING INFORMATION. EARLY HEAD START PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CHILDCARE, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 134 LOW-INCOME/AT-RISK CHILDREN AGED BIRTH THROUGH THREE.

    Expenses $2,225,381 · Grants $2,225,381

  • NC PRE-K PROGRAM: PROVIDED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS FOR CHILDREN WHO WILL BE FOUR YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 31, 2024 BASED ON ESTABLISHED CRITERIA INCLUDING SPECIAL NEEDS, FAMILY INCOME OR DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS IN ORDER TO PREPARE PROGRAM CHILDREN FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS BEGINNING IN KINDERGARTEN. 509 CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS AND 429 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO NCPK CLASSROOMS.

    Expenses $2,890,950 · Grants $2,523,190

  • CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITY: INCLUDES EARLY HEAD START, CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL, CHILD CARE QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, AND EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS. THROUGH CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL, 48 FAMILIES RECEIVED CHILD CARE REFERRALS; 82 FAMILIES RECEIVED CONSUMER EDUCATION ABOUT CHILD CARE; 177 DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED TO 30 CHILD CARE CENTERS/HOMES. QUALITY SUSTAINABILITY SUPPLEMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO 15 ELIGIBLE FOUR AND FIVE STAR CHILD CARE FACILITIES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT STAR RATING. 40 LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITIES PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS TO 74 CHILD CARE PROFFESSIONALS. EARLY HEAD START PROVIDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR 36 CHILDCARE CENTER TEACHERS, DIRECTORS AND STAFF AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR 7 CHILD CARE CENTER FACILITIES.

    Expenses $391,466 · Grants $302,012

  • FAMILY SUPPORT - THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROVIDED OVER 30,000 BOOKS FOR 3,016 ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN ORDER TO INCREASE FAMILY LITERACY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

    Expenses $47,504

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Tonya Arrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Beam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Cobb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Diebold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Horton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Crow Kennedy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andrea Leslie-Fite JD

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas McGhee II

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kerri Melton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hugh Sandoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Swanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Jarosinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brandon Ruppe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katrine Wray-Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon White

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,765
    From this org
    $141,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,886
    Hours/week
    61

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,879
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,591
    Filer's total
    $161,765

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,785,969
    Expenses
    $7,251,198
    Contributions
    $7,764,722
    Grants paid
    $5,050,583
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,911,638
    Expenses
    $7,102,336
    Contributions
    $6,878,964
    Grants paid
    $5,401,119
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,292,822
    Expenses
    $6,428,559
    Contributions
    $6,276,131
    Grants paid
    $4,835,126

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
    $6,517,681
    Expenses
    $6,421,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $261,662
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,139,348
    Expenses
    $6,344,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,732
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,982,563
    Expenses
    $5,709,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $330,659

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

  • CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS

    $1,933,201

    2023 NC PRE-K

  • CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS

    $1,880,880

    2024 NC PRE-K

  • CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS

    $1,864,944

    2022 PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, NC PRE-K

  • CONNECTED KIDS

    $860,784

    2024 NC PRE-K, EARLY HEAD START

  • CONNECTED KIDS

    $536,421

    2022 NC PRE-K

  • MAMA LISSA'S TINY TOT UNIVERSITY LLC

    $528,257

    2024 EARLY HEAD START

  • MAMA LISSA'S TINY TOT UNIVERSITY LLC

    $521,441

    2023 EARLY HEAD START

  • RESTORATION LEARNING ACADEMY

    $396,765

    2023 NC PRE-K; EARLY HEAD START

  • 2023 CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL, CHILD CARE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY, EDUC. BONUSES

  • 2022 CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL, CHILD CARE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY, EDUC. BONUSES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.