- Revenue 2024
- $2,619,688
- Expenses 2024
- $2,159,024
Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 225 BIRCH ST STE 3
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 BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BY STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM, AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
-
NC PRE-K - THE NC PRE-K PROGRAM PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO ENHANCE SCHOOL READINESS FOR ELIGIBLE FOUR-YEAR OLDS. 8 PRE-K CLASSROOMS FUNDED SERVING 86 CHILDREN.
Expenses $562,080 · Grants $517,406
-
FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMSWE OFFER SUPPORT GROUPS, PARENTING CONSULTATION, PARENTING CLASSES/PROGRAMS, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, A DIAPER BANK, TEEN PARENTING PROGRAM AND HOME VISITS TO OFFER SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES AS WELL AS HELP CONNECT THEM WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES. OVER 1,543 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN OUR FAMILY SUPPORT AND PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDED:-PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAMS - SERVED 45 PARENTS AND 49 CHILDREN. MONTHLY HOME VISITS WERE DELIEVERED (1-2/MONTH PER FAMILY), DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS WERE COMPLETED ON CHILDREN WHO WERE ELIGIBLE AFTER 90 DAYS IN THE PROGRAM, AND 12 GROUP SESSIONS HELD. -CIRCLE OF PARENTS SUPPORT PROGRAMS - 3 SUPPORT GROUPS PROVIDED SERVICES TO 93 PARENTS AND 62 CHILDREN. 128 SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS HELD. -INCREDIBLE YEARS - PARENTING CLASS SERVED 32 PARENTS AND 24 CHILDREN. -TRIPLE P SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 106 PARENTS AND 168 CHILDREN. 3 LEVEL-3 DISSCUSSION GROUPS HELD THIS YEAR; 3 LEVEL-2 SEMINARS HELD THIS YEAR; 60 LEVEL-2 TIP SHEET INTERVENTIONS HELD, 1 LEVEL 4 (INTENSE) INTERVENTION COMPLETED; 5 LEVEL 3 BRIEF PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS COMPLETED.- DIAPER BANK - 160,442 DIAPERS WERE PROVIED TO 779 CHILDREN. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS LARGELY DUE TO INCREASED NEED FOLLOWING HURRICANE HELENE.-POSTPARTUM SUPPORT GROUP - MET 42 WEEKS OF THE YEAR AND SERVED 22 PARENTS.-CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENT CLASS SERVED 17 PARENTS AND 18 CHILDREN.-KALEIDOSCOPE PLAY & LEARN GROUP SERVED 60 PARENTS, 5 PROVIDERS, AND 85 CHILDREN.
Expenses $623,464 · Grants $43,991
-
HURRICAN RELIEF - DONATIONS AND GRANTS RECEIVED TO SUPPORT CHILD CARE BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE. 18 LOCAL CHILD CARE BUSINESSES RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LOSS OF REVENUE (MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024) ALLOWING THE CHILD CARE BUSINESSES TO PAY STAFF WHILE THEY WERE TEMPORARILY CLOSED OR RELOCATED. FUNDING ALSO PROVIDED FOR CLEANING UP AND REPAIRING FACILITIES DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANE. 462 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE HURRICANE RECEIVED EMERGENCY SUPPORT.
Expenses $364,091 · Grants $345,146
-
CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY - THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL PROVIDED FUNDS TO SUPPORT 11 (OF 77 CHILDREN) WHO RECEIVED CHILD CARE SUBSIDY.
Expenses $175,902 · Grants $120,211
-
CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION QUALITYWE PROVIDE CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL SERVICES AND WORK WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND DIRECTORS TO OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THROUGH OUR CCR&R SERVICES AND PATHWAYS TO ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. ALL CHILDCARE CENTERS AND FAMILY HOME CARE SITES IN WATAUGA COUNTY WERE OFFERED FREE SERVICES AS LISTED ABOVE. 167 TEACHERS BENEFITED FROM HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING. 46 TRAININGS WERE HELD. 11 CENTERS PARTICIPATED IN OUR DUAL QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AND RECEIVED DUAL SUBSIDY DOLLARS TO INCREASE THE WAGES OF THEIR LEAD TEACHERS TO AT LEAST $12 PER HOUR. DUAL SCHOOL - A 1/2 DAY, HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. WE SERVED 9 STUDENTS IN FY 24-25.RESOURCE LIBRARY - 55 INDIVIDUALS MADE 146 VISITS TO CHECK OUT RESOURCE LIBRARY MATERIALS IN FY 24-25.EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY1,052 CHLDREN RECEIVED BOOKS THROUGH DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY (DPIL). DPIL DISTRIBUTED 10,166 BOOKS TO THESE CHILDREN.135 CHILDREN, 144 PARENTS AND 10 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS WERE SERVED IN OUR RAISING A READER PROGRAM.
Expenses $197,142 · Grants $8,020
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.
-
Vanessa BrumfieldVANESSA BRUMFIELD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tamara DivenereTAMARA DIVENERE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Kaila CravenKAILA CRAVEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Lindsay CookLINDSAY COOK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jonathan LubkemannJONATHAN LUBKEMANN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shane FoxSHANE FOX
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Halee HartleyHALEE HARTLEY
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Deborah PhillipsDEBORAH PHILLIPS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer MauldingJENNIFER MAULDING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Alysia PriceALYSIA PRICE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Pam ShuePAM SHUE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Laney WiseLANEY WISE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Terry WorrellTERRY WORRELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Elisha ChildersELISHA CHILDERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $91,830
- From this org
- $79,387
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,443
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kelly StroudKELLY STROUD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- $2,619,688
- Expenses
- $2,159,024
- Contributions
- $2,558,472
- Grants paid
- $1,034,774
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,180,620
- Expenses
- $2,029,234
- Contributions
- $2,114,014
- Grants paid
- $808,683
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,188,112
- Expenses
- $2,267,153
- Contributions
- $2,132,434
- Grants paid
- $936,654
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
- $2,070,694
- Expenses
- $1,911,372
- Assets (EOY)
- $519,211
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,625,721
- Expenses
- $1,678,465
- Assets (EOY)
- $348,897
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,737,547
- Expenses
- $1,639,045
- Assets (EOY)
- $369,497
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,288,232
- Expenses
- $1,216,265
- Assets (EOY)
- $267,206
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,125,785
- Expenses
- $1,094,435
- Assets (EOY)
- $198,719
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,107,435
- Expenses
- $1,039,101
- Assets (EOY)
- $164,268
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
-
WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
$346,842
2022 NC PRE-K
-
WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
$317,961
2024 NC PRE-K & HURRICANE RELIEF
-
LUCY BROCK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
$314,216
2022 NC PRE K SUBSIDY
-
WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
$309,712
2023 NC PRE-K
-
LUCY BROCK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
$280,491
2023 NC PRE K SUBSIDY
-
LUCY BROCK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
$254,526
2024 NC PRE K SUBSIDY
-
KID COVE AT LYNHILL
$119,270
2024 QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF
-
$52,166
2024 HURRICANE RELIEF, QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
-
MERRY-LAND ACADEMY
$49,963
2024 QUALITY ENHANCEMENT & HURRICANE RELIEF
-
2022 OUTREACH
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
-
2024 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
-
2022 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
-
2023 NC YOUNG CHILDREN
-
2024 CHALLENGE GRANT
-
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$25,000
2023 EDUCATION
-
$20,278
2024 MISSION SUPPORT
-
2024 DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS
-
2022 Family Support Program
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.