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Knox County Head Start INC

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Mount Vernon, OH501(c)(3)Since 1965Education EIN 31-0724689Revenue $5.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSknoxheadstart.org11700 Upper Gilchrist Rd Ste B, 43050-9232 · Mount Vernon, OHTax-exempt since Jun 1965School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Committed to the future of Knox County and its changing and diverse needs, Knox County Head Start works in partnership with the community to provide quality early education, childcare and family services. Our purpose is to engage children, families and staff in reaching their full potential.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 249 volunteers and 146 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $97K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$118K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 56% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $298K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$252K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.8M
-0.8% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.8M
FY2025▼ -0.8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$5.0M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$5.8M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$4.7M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$5.8M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2025-0.02%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1965.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $5.2M Management & general 11% · $626K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $118K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Margaret P Tazewell
Executive Director
$118,332Pt VII · Sec A
Todd Hawkins
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Daniel Alden
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lisa Lloyd
Vice-Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kelly Welker
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sam Filkins
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Margaret P Tazewell’s $118K as Executive Director is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Margaret P Tazewell$118,332$122,048$115,089$95,108$96,079$86,455

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides early education and family support for young children and their parents.

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2 programs · $3.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Early Head Start is a federally funded, community-based program for low-income families with infants, toddlers and pregnant women. Its mission is to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, to enhance the development of very young children, and to promote healthy family functioning.

$3.3Mprogram expense
02

The Child and Adult Care Food program provides support for children's meals for children attending licensed child care centers, including Head Start, Early Head Start and child care classrooms.

$189Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
The Ariel FoundationFY2024$163K
United Way of Knox County Ohio INCFY2024$135K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$298K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.2M
Managementcol C$626K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$989K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$252K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Total revenueLn 12$5.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$143K
SavingsLn 2$846K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$989K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$130K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$690K
Other assetsLn 15$74K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$252K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5146
VolunteersI 6249
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$991K$989K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$116K$130K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$766K$690K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$256K$252K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$124K$124K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.7M$3.4M$297K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$46K$44K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$623K$555K$68K
Payroll taxesLn 10$297K$264K$33K
Investment management feesLn 11f$991$991
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$163K$103K$59K$0
OccupancyLn 16$236K$217K$19K
TravelLn 17$15K$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$87K$87K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$514K$500K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$46K$38K$7K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M$5.2M$626K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.8M$5.8M−$15K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.8M$5.7M$116K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.1M$5.9M$182K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.1M$5.1M−$19K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.0M$4.7M$299K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.6M$4.6M$20K$1.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,794,799 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,474,046$4,396,809
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,347,401$1,377,182
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $22,098$20,808
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,843,545$5,794,799
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,693,740$4,749,491
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,034,169$1,060,661
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,727,909$5,810,152
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $115,636−$15,353
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,794,799 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$135,964
VIII-1e Government grants$4,030,436
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$230,409
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,781
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,396,809
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,377,182$1,377,182
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,808$20,808
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,377,182 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $20,808$5,794,799
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,810,152 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $123,900$123,900
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,362,324 · Management $297,407$3,659,731
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $43,795 · Management $1,828$45,623
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $554,775 · Management $68,377$623,152
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $263,703 · Management $33,382$297,085
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $991$991
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $103,229 · Management $59,432 · Fundraising $0$162,661
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $217,054 · Management $18,554$235,608
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,012$15,012
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $86,938$86,938
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $499,626 · Management $14,261$513,887
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $38,077 · Management $7,487 · Fundraising $0$45,564
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,184,533 · Management $625,619 · Fundraising $0$5,810,152
Part X · Balance sheet $2,225,352 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $241,353$143,013
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $749,745$845,553
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $223,375$265,020
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,308$78,019
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $766,464$690,404
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $115,548$129,596
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $88,866$73,747
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,229,659$2,225,352
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $164,201$177,883
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$40
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $91,462$73,747
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $255,663$251,670
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,781,456$1,806,745
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $192,540$166,937
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,973,996$1,973,682
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,229,659$2,225,352
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,973,682 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,794,799
XI-2 Total expenses$5,810,152
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$15,353
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,973,996
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$15,039
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,973,682

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