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PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP

PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,240,064 to it, the largest being SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES ($3,090,318). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$551k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$69k
2/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Pickens County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership does

Mission

Our mission is that every south carolina child will arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Family strengthening-first steps works to increase parents' ability to stimulate their child's intellectual, social and physicial development through evidence-based home visitation and parenting programs such as parents as teachers.

    $375,431 spent
    70% of program spending

  2. Healthy start-first steps recognizes the importance of a health start in maximizing both school readiness and the long-term well being of the state's children. The initiative partners wiht families, the medical community and other stakeholders to leverage resources for- and increase awareness of- the healthcare, nutrition and early developmental needs of the state's young children.

    $102,178 spent
    19% of program spending

  3. School transition-developed by south carolina first steps - and identified as a promising state practice by the national governor's association in 2005 - countdown to kindergarten is a home visitation program pairing the families of high-risk rising kindergartners with their future teachers during the summer before school entry. Teachers complete six visits with each family,centered upon classroom and content expectations.

    $21,642 spent
    4% of program spending

  4. Indirect program expenses

    $36,931 spent
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $536,182.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($296k) Expenses 100 ($280k) Net assets 100 ($86k)2018 Revenue 100 ($296k) Expenses 109 ($306k) Net assets 88 ($76k)2019 Revenue 105 ($312k) Expenses 112 ($314k) Net assets 86 ($74k)2020 Revenue 94 ($279k) Expenses 103 ($289k) Net assets 74 ($64k)2021 Revenue 122 ($362k) Expenses 108 ($301k) Net assets 146 ($125k)2022 Revenue 139 ($413k) Expenses 160 ($448k) Net assets 105 ($91k)2023 Revenue 143 ($424k) Expenses 150 ($418k) Net assets 112 ($96k)2024 Revenue 198 ($587k) Expenses 214 ($598k) Net assets 99 ($85k)2025 Revenue 186 ($551k) Expenses 203 ($567k) Net assets 80 ($69k)
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Revenue (186)Expenses (203)Net assets (80)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $107k to $175k (+64%).

$120k
$150k
$118k
$107k
$175k
$211k
$181k
$190k
$187k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 87% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
−$10k
’18
−$2k
’19
−$10k
’20
$61k
’21
−$35k
’22
$5k
’23
−$11k
’24
−$16k
’25
3.9
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Lyle Jacks

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed201515141313161414
Joined·+1+3+4+2+1+6+6+14
No longer listed·635313814
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $296k → $404k.

Funder
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total
funders
2
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2
2
1
2
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2
1

From the IRS filings of PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP.

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 88% · 2019 86% · 2020 89% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

SC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In South Carolina

Kershaw County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Orangeburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Sumter County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Abbeville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Darlington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%Lee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%Aiken County First Steps to School Readiness91%Lexington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%

Nationally

Kershaw County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Orangeburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Sumter County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Abbeville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership92%Darlington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%Lee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%Aiken County First Steps to School Readiness91%Lexington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership91%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • South Carolina First Steps to Schoo · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP?
PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,240,064 to it, the largest being SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES ($3,090,318). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,240,064 in grants to PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP?
SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES is the largest funder on record, with $3,090,318 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing