Next Chapter Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933381007
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Rock Hill, SC, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,773
Expenses
$181,789
Assets
$51,501

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EARL CRISCO (PRESIDENT)
  • KENNETH YARBRO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EARL CRISCO (PRESIDENT)
  • KENNETH YARBRO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEQUETTA PATTON (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Next Chapter Alliances three largest program services are centered around supporting children strengthening families and promoting overall community wellness. Through its Child Development Center the organization provides affordable high-quality early childhood education and care services to working families and families in need. The center operates on a sliding fee scale to ensure access for low- and moderate-income households helping reduce financial barriers to childcare while preparing children for academic and social success. Families benefit from a safe nurturing and educational environment that supports the developmental needs of children from infancy through early school age. In addition to educational services Next Chapter Alliance provides monthly family support and outreach initiatives designed to address food insecurity and strengthen family engagement. At least once per month the organization provides lunch or dinner to families enrolled in the program and member.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided affordable early child education services to low-income families in York County SC hosted life & house management skills workshops for adults & senior citizens to assist and encourage them to become self-sufficient and provided job opportunities for the local community that is generally underserved.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 75.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $182K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.