Smart Start Central Oklahoma INC

Oklahoma City, OKUnknown exempt organizationEIN 42-1593360Revenue $416K in FY2024

On file with the IRSsmartstartcentraloklahoma.orgPo Box 21505 · Oklahoma City, OK

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The organization's mission is to build a community that supports parents and caregivers as a child's first and most influential teacher.

9¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 65 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
9%
of spending
Concern: 9% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$168K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
9
named funders · $585K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$416K
-14% vs prior year
Spent
$478K
To programs
9%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$416K
FY2024▼ -14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$959K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$486K
FY2024$416K
Expenses
$478K
FY2024▼ -47%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$909K
FY2021$959K
FY2022$844K
FY2023$899K
FY2024$478K
Net assets
$0
FY2024▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$901K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$118K
FY2024$0

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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Where the money goes

9 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 9% · $42K Management & general 90% · $432K Fundraising 1% · $3K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $168K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$168,467Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sandra Cotton$168,467$136,653———
Sandy Cotton——$115,836——
Stacy Dykstra———$86,607$100,438
Shannon Dennis———$81,363—

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

Supports parents and caregivers as children's first and most influential teachers.

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2 programs · $42K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Early Birds

Early birds is a free school readiness program for parents and caregivers of young children and community partners in oklahoma.

$31Kprogram expense
02

Community Engagement

Coordinate family services and partnership coalition among harbison early education & kiwanis community center, mark twain elementary school and engage learning.

$11Kprogram 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 · FY2023
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$416K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$416K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15
Money outPt IX
$478K
Ln 25
Programscol B$42K
Managementcol C$432K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$416K
Other incomeLn 4–11$15
Total revenueLn 12$416K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY24End FY24
Total assetsLn 16$151K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K$0
Net assetsLn 32$118K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$391K$30K$361K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$3K$3K$431$190
Payroll taxesLn 10$27K$3K$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$3K$769
Office expensesLn 13$111$87$24
Information technologyLn 14$11K$409$11K
OccupancyLn 16$40$40
TravelLn 17$228$157$71
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$370$76$294
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$896
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$2K$22K
All other expensesLn 24e$79$79
Total functional expensesLn 25$478K$42K$432K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $416K$478K−$62K$0 990 PDF
FY2023 $486K$899K−$413K$118K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$844K$211K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$959K$148K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $959K$909K$50K$901K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $415,682 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $658,846$415,667
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $84,959$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$257,910$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $273$15
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $486,168$415,682
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $544,828$420,886
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $40,750$3,000
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $313,174$53,788
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $898,752$477,674
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$412,584−$61,992
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $415,682 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$415,667
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$415,667
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $15$15
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15$415,682
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $477,674 across 14 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $29,987 · Management $360,549$390,536
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,540 · Management $431 · Fundraising $190$3,161
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,922 · Management $24,267$27,189
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,376$11,376
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $3,000$3,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,893 · Management $769$3,662
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $87 · Management $24$111
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $409 · Management $11,051$11,460
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $40$40
IX-17 TravelPrograms $157 · Management $71$228
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $76 · Management $294$370
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,665 · Management $896$2,561
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,549 · Management $22,352$23,901
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $79$79
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,325 · Management $432,159 · Fundraising $3,190$477,674
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $151,389$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,094$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $118,295$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $151,389$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$415,682
XI-2 Total expenses$477,674
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$61,992
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$118,295
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$56,303
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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