Alliance for Children

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Monroe, NC501(c)(3)EducationEIN 56-2052395Revenue $4.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 988, 28111-0988 · Monroe, NCTax-exempt since Jun 1998Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To support vital programs and policies that have a positive impact on the quality of life of Children birth to age 5 and their families, by advocating, collaborating and being fiscally responsible.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 175 volunteers and 10 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 $17K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$162K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 73% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1.4M
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$90K
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$4.1M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$4.1M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$241K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.1M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$3.9M
FY2025$4.1M
Expenses
$4.1M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$4.1M
Net assets
$241K
FY2025▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$147K
FY2021$184K
FY2022$232K
FY2023$203K
FY2024$273K
FY2025$241K

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

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1998.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $3.6M Management & general 11% · $473K Fundraising 1% · $24K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $162K 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
Executive Director (former)
$94,334Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$67,212Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Linda Smith’s $94K as Executive Director (former) is at the 27th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020
Linda Smith$94,334$91,751$88,492$78,676$76,199
Trinisha K Dean$67,212————

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

Advocates for policies and programs improving life for young children and their families.

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

NC pre k services rendered to parents by helping them enroll their 4-YEAR-OLD child in pre-kindergarten programs by processing approximately 444 applications. Purchased services from 21 classrooms serving 286 children.

$2.7Mprogram expense
02

Family Support Service Activities Include- 1) Best Start

Worked with teen parents on parenting skills, parent-child relations, and crisis intervention and referrals. 42 mothers and fathers served, 34 received at least 1 incentive. 94% remained in school or graduated from high school; 71% untilization of referrals for additional resources.

$436Kprogram expense
03

Child care & education quality service activities include -1) smart start resource center(ssrc) - offers more than 5,000 age appropriate multi-cultrual and education materials for checkout. 206 total visits to SSRC, 38 cild care facilities impacted, 1031 total visits to the lending library.

$260Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1.4M
Grants paid · 86 grants · $18.1M · 2019–2024
Union County Public SchoolsFY2024$866,941
Weekday Children's Ministries CDCFY2024$379,082
Kids Are KidsFY2024$286,881
Childtime Children's Center-Indian TrailFY2024$265,311
Childcare Network 121FY2024$186,221
South Piedmont Community CollegeFY2024$171,455
Union County Department of Human Services - Public HealthFY2024$148,307
Leafspring of MatthewsFY2024$142,539
Union County DssFY2024$135,008
A Childcare & Learning CenterFY2024$125,106
Wingate Baptist DaycareFY2024$121,511
Steps Developmental Academy INCFY2024$115,370
Childtime Children's Center-MonroeFY2024$114,321
Oakboro Kids ClubFY2024$14,380
Union County Public SchoolsFY2023$753,054
Weekday Children's Ministries CDCFY2023$356,706
Childtime Children's Center-Indian TrailFY2023$260,782
Childcare Network 121FY2023$192,865
See all 86 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$25K
Investment incomeLn 3$970
Money outPt IX
$4.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.6M
Managementcol C$473K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$241K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$326K
Total assetsLn 16$332K
LiabilitiesLn 26$90K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$970
Other incomeLn 4–11$25K
Total revenueLn 12$4.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$289K
SavingsLn 2$37K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$326K
Total assetsLn 16$332K
LiabilitiesLn 26$90K
Net assetsLn 32$241K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 6175
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$330K$326K
Total assetsLn 16$396K$332K
LiabilitiesLn 26$123K$90K
Net assetsLn 32$273K$241K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$3.1M$3.1M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$16K$16K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$96K$27K$53K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$482K$283K$194K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$19K$9K$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$75K$37K$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10$46K$25K$20K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$5K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$86K$45K$42K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$348$348
Office expensesLn 13$11K$7K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$18K$11K$7K$137
OccupancyLn 16$45K$23K$22K
TravelLn 17$22K$16K$6K$374
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$11K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$936$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$63K$13K$51K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$3K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.1M$3.6M$473K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $4.1M$4.1M−$32K$241K 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.9M$3.8M$70K$273K 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.0M$4.0M−$30K$203K 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.1M$4.0M$49K$232K 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.0M$3.9M$37K$184K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.8M$3.8M$8K$147K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,102,874 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,860,954$4,076,919
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $267$970
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $29,045$24,985
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,890,266$4,102,874
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,802,190$3,122,633
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $804,788$718,011
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $212,897$293,926
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,819,875$4,134,570
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $70,391−$31,696
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $4,102,874 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$4,060,412
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$16,507
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,076,919
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $970$970
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $14,397$14,397
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,588$10,588
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,588 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15,367$4,102,874
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,134,570 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,106,576$3,106,576
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $16,057$16,057
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $26,533 · Management $52,631 · Fundraising $16,608$95,772
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $283,111 · Management $193,685 · Fundraising $4,957$481,753
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,596 · Management $10,187$18,783
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $37,351 · Management $38,097$75,448
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $24,925 · Management $19,620 · Fundraising $1,710$46,255
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,000 · Management $7,685$12,685
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $44,513 · Management $41,545$86,058
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $348$348
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,785 · Management $3,949$10,734
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $10,861 · Management $7,395 · Fundraising $137$18,393
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $22,893 · Management $22,381$45,274
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,913 · Management $5,834 · Fundraising $374$22,121
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,248 · Management $6,524$17,772
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $936 · Management $5,225$6,161
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,681 · Management $50,779$63,460
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,490 · Management $7,430$10,920
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,637,469 · Management $473,315 · Fundraising $23,786$4,134,570
Part X · Balance sheet $331,721 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $294,920$289,458
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $35,558$36,528
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $65,733$5,735
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $396,211$331,721
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $123,135$90,341
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $123,135$90,341
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $175,916$169,302
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $97,160$72,078
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $273,076$241,380
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $396,211$331,721
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $241,380 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,102,874
XI-2 Total expenses$4,134,570
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$31,696
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$273,076
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$241,380

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