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SMART START PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC

EIN 56-2092325 HENDERSONVLLE, NC

Revenue 2023
$2,071,167
Expenses 2023
$1,948,960

Program services were 93.2% 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
525 N JUSTICE 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 · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT, EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

  • FAMILY SUPPORT - FOR OVER 25 YEARS, SMART START HAS HELPED CHILDREN SUCCEED BY EQUIPPING PARENTS WITH THE TOOLS AND CONNECTIONS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROVIDES OVER 4500 YOUNG CHILDREN IN HENDERSON COUNTY WITH A BOOK EACH MONTH, ENCOURAGING DAILY READING HABITS. KINDERGARTEN READINESS TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES HELP CHILDREN FEEL CONFIDENT AND PREPARED TO LEARN WHEN THEY BEGIN SCHOOL. SMART START ALSO STRENGTHENS RESILIENCE IN INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS BY SUPPORTING POSITIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS AND STRENGTHING RESILIENCE SKILLS IN INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $738,060 · Grants $515,029

  • CHILD CARE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY - SMART START SUPPORTS, EDUCATES, AND ADVOCATES TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE IN HENDERSON COUNTY. SMART START SCHOLARSHIPS HELP FAMILIES AFFORD HIGH-QUALITY CARE WHILE PARENTS WORK OR FINISH THEIR EDUCATION. SMART START ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGH EDUCATOR TRAININGS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BY PROVIDING A SCHOOL NURSE FOR OUR LOCAL EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION COMMUNITY, AND THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS EARLY EDUCATORS IN EARNING DEGREES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

    Expenses $957,340 · Grants $817,412

  • BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS - BUILDING A STRONG INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. BY WORKING TOGETHER - ACROSS SECTORS AND ROLES - COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN AMPLIFY THEIR COLLECTIVE IMPACT, ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN RECEIVE THE CARE, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE. SMART START COLLABORATES WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BUSINESSES TO CREATE STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, HELPING EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN SUPPORTING THE WELL-BEING AND FUTURE SUCCESS OF OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $121,297

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • SONIA GIRONDA

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $103,732
    From this org
    $97,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,003
    Hours/week
    35

  • JESSICA BENTLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM BERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA BUCHANAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HONEY BURRELL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL BURRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARSHA JUSTICE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER KINNEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY MAYBIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMBER MCFEE-BLANCO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LACI OTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERRY PRIDMORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA REID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUMMER STIPE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA WILCOX

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,071,167
    Expenses
    $1,948,960
    Contributions
    $2,052,290
    Grants paid
    $1,332,441
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,319,966
    Expenses
    $2,262,831
    Contributions
    $2,315,468
    Grants paid
    $1,668,363

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
    $2,152,630
    Expenses
    $2,090,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,386

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,203,737
    Expenses
    $1,169,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $171,412

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,281,363
    Expenses
    $1,258,003
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,004

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,272,900
    Expenses
    $1,247,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,644

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,230,222
    Expenses
    $1,232,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,376

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $797,309
    Expenses
    $839,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,835

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $732,052
    Expenses
    $741,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,256

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $715,321
    Expenses
    $682,244
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,703

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $663,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,358

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $886,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,561

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

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

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