Early Childhood Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561692128
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Greensboro, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3363786093
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Child Day Care
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,069,230
- Expenses
- $2,060,040
- Assets
- $1,118,939
- Liabilities
- $304
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KASTEN MEREDITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- KASTEN MEREDITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,594 total reported compensation
- TATE KYAL (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR): $67,883 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The early childhood center (ecc) is an outreach program sponsored by west market street united methodist church (the church). The ecc offers quality childcare and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for children of families in the community and in the church. Through two programs (full day and half day), the ecc offers an environment where christian values are demonstrated and young children's faith can grow.
What it reported doing in 2024
The early childhood center (ecc) operates a children's outreach program for infant to preschool age children sponsored by west market street united methodist church in greensboro, nc. There is an average of 137 children enrolled in full day or half day. There are 11 classrooms operated by the ecc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.3%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.3% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.