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REGION A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

EIN 56-1869575 SYLVA, NC

Revenue 2024
$5,047,186
Expenses 2024
$4,880,360

Program services were 91.6% 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
116 JACKSON 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY ENCOURAGING ADVOCCY, COLLABORATION AND FUNDING SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION.

  • NORTH CAROLINA PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM (NC PRE-K) PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO ENHANCE SCHOOL READINESS FOR OVER 600 ELIGIBLE FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN 46 CLASSROOMS IN CHEROKEE, CLAY, GRAHAM, HAYWOOD, JACKSON, MACON, AND SWAIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE QUALLA BOUNDARY (REGION A). RISK FACTORS AND ELIGIBILITY ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. NC PRE-K PROVIDES LICENSED TEACHERS AND STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM OVER A TEN-MONTH PROGRAM PREPARING CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN. NC PRE-K QUALITY AND CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO PRE-K TEACHERS AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS FOR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION. NC PRE-K FUNDS ARE ALSO USED TO CONTINUE TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS.

    Expenses $3,127,286 · Grants $2,916,968

  • SMART START PROGRAMMING. A NORTH CAROLINA STATE-WIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAMMING. PARENTS AS TEACHERS (PAT) PARENT EDUCATORS WHO PROVIDE HOME VISITS, GROUP CONNECTIONS, AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTS TO 89 FAMILIES IN REGION A. SMART START DOLLARS WERE USED TO SUPPORT THE REGION'S DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM WITH A DISTRIBUTION OF 45,240 BOOKS TO OVER 3,770 CHILDREN IN REGION A. THROUGH SMART START, REGION A STAFF ALSO BEGAN PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR QRIS MODERNIZATION AND THE PATHWAYS TO THE STARS IN 22 CHILDCARE CENTERS. OPPORTUNITIES FOR HELPING SITES NAVIGATE THE PATHWAYS, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALES (ERS), PERFORMING MOCK ERS ASSESSMENTS, ASSISTING WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS MANAGEMENT, CREATING AND PROVIDING TRAINING FOR TEACHERS AND CHILDCARE STAFF, AS WELL AS ASSISTING SITES WITH THE SELF-STUDY PROCESS ARE NEW SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED. SMART START FUNDS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO REGION A'S NORTH CAROLINA CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM, FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK, OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    Expenses $887,848 · Grants $103,022

  • LITERACY SERVICES. REGIONAL LITERACY SERVICES THAT FALL OUT OF THE PARAMETERS OF SMART START. FUNDS WERE USED TO PROVIDE OVER 143 VISITS TO PEDIATRIC MEDICAL PRACTICES IN WHICH LITERACY RESOURCE MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED BASED UPON NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY THE PRACTICE.

    Expenses $69,149 · Grants $3,777

  • FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AS TEACHERS GROUP CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT TO OVER 350 FAMILIES THROUGH THE FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF REGION A. TOTAL EXPENSES: 32,347 (INCL GRANTS OF 998) HURRICANE HELENE RECOVERY. RECOVERY GRANTS PROVIDED TO 38 CENTERS FOR REPAIR OF FACILITIES, REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED MATERIALS, REPLACEMENT OF LOST REVENUE, AND SUSTAINING OPERATIONS DURING STORM RECOVERY. TOTAL EXPENSES: 353,281 (INCL GRANTS OF 324,332)

    Expenses $385,628 · Grants $325,330

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.

  • Shelly Foreman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Glenda Hensley

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Crystal Rumfelt

    SEC/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mike Drinkwater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Consuela Girty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Goins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russ Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lester Laminack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Skaggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Toms-Gillespie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Triplett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Umphlett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Winter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Cloer

    DIR (THRU 10

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tasha Forney

    DIR (THRU 10

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deidre McMahon

    DIR (THRU 10

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Tanner-McGee

    DIR (THRU 10

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janice M Edgerton

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $134,753
    From this org
    $134,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly P Vreeland

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $119,574
    From this org
    $119,574
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,047,186
    Expenses
    $4,880,360
    Contributions
    $5,013,656
    Grants paid
    $3,349,097
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,099,891
    Expenses
    $4,905,650
    Contributions
    $5,047,628
    Grants paid
    $3,537,125
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,780,269
    Expenses
    $4,698,678
    Contributions
    $4,750,610
    Grants paid
    $3,495,691

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
    $5,242,697
    Expenses
    $4,992,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,476,572
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,270,255
    Expenses
    $4,268,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,175,211
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,380,405
    Expenses
    $4,336,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,158,483
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,238,453
    Expenses
    $4,170,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,081,539
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,259,311
    Expenses
    $4,254,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,011,411
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,246,914
    Expenses
    $4,175,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,007,175
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,209,435
    Expenses
    $4,149,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $930,566
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,107,268
    Expenses
    $3,995,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $870,577

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

  • Haywood County Schools

    $456,072

    2022 NC Pre-K Services

  • Jackson County Schools

    $417,733

    2023 NC Pre-K Services

  • Swain County Schools

    $400,480

    2023 NC Pre-K Services

  • Haywood County Schools

    $391,413

    2023 NC Pre-K Services

  • HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS

    $388,368

    2024 NC PRE-K SERVICES

  • Cherokee County Schools

    $360,941

    2023 NC Pre-K Services

  • CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL

    $356,624

    2024 NC PRE-K SERVICES

  • Jackson County Schools

    $354,762

    2022 NC Pre-K Services

  • Swain County Schools

    $343,480

    2022 NC Pre-K Services

  • SWAIN COUNTY SCHOOLS

    $341,744

    2024 NC PRE-K SERVICES

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

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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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.