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STEPPING STONES PRE SCHOOL

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $193K · expenses $225K · assets $8K

EIN
03-0266396
Address
3628 ROUTE 103, PROCTORSVILLE, VT 05153-9540
NTEE code
B21Z
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1979
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Mission

THE PURPOSE OF STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL IS TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN THE PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN AGE GROUP. WE PROVIDE A HIGH-QUALITY, PLAY-BASED CURRICULUM DESIGNED BY INTEGRATING WITH THE VERMONT EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 16 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

16 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Heather Frye MEMBER2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Irene Pearson TREASURER2019-2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Sarah Rhatigan PRESIDENT2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Kathryn Svec MEMBER2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Cassandra Woodell SECRETARY2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Adam Alperowicz (former) SECRETARY2022-2023 Not reported $0 reported 1
Sarah Krupinsky (former) PRESIDENT2021-2023 Not reported $0 reported 1
Otis Nelson (former) MEMBER2021-2023 Not reported $0 reported 1
Jessica Rose (former) Director2022 4 $0 reported 1
Corrie Roberts (former) President & CEO2018-2021 4 $0 reported 1
Beth Graves-Lombard (former) Secretary2018-2021 4 $0 reported 1
Kim Adams (former) Director2021 4 $0 reported 1
Kim Sherman (former) Director2019-2020 4 $0 reported 1
Annemarie Benway (former) Director2019-2020 4 $0 reported 1
Angela Assermelly (former) Treasurer2018 4 $0 reported 1
Eric Krasnauskas (former) Director2018 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · none paid · 7 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HEATHER FRYE MEMBER- $0$0$0 $01
IRENE PEARSON TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
SARAH RHATIGAN PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $01
KATHRYN SVEC MEMBER- $0$0$0 $01
CASSANDRA WOODELL SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid · 8 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ADAM ALPEROWICZ SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
SARAH KRUPINSKY PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $01
OTIS NELSON MEMBER- $0$0$0 $01
IRENE PEARSON TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid · 9 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
IRENE PEARSON Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
SARAH KRUPINSKY President4 $0$0$0 $01
ADAM ALPEROWICZ Secretary4 $0$0$0 $01
JESSICA ROSE Director4 $0$0$0 $01
OTIS NELSON Director4 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid · 9 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CORRIE ROBERTS President & CEO4 $0$0$0 $01
SARAH KRUPINSKY Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
BETH GRAVES-LOMBARD Secretary4 $0$0$0 $01
KIM ADAMS Director4 $0$0$0 $01
OTIS NELSON Director4 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid · 8 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CORRIE ROBERTS President & CEO4 $0$0$0 $01
IRENE PEARSON Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
BETH GRAVES-LOMBARD Secretary4 $0$0$0 $01
KIM SHERMAN Director4 $0$0$0 $01
ANNEMARIE BENWAY Director4 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid · 7 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CORRIE ROBERTS President & CEO4 $0$0$0 $01
IRENE PEARSON Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
BETH GRAVES-LOMBARD Secretary4 $0$0$0 $01
KIM SHERMAN Director4 $0$0$0 $01
ANNEMARIE BENWAY Director4 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CORRIE ROBERTS President & CEO4 $0-- $01
ANGELA ASSERMELLY Treasurer4 $0-- $01
BETH GRAVES-LOMBARD Secretary4 $0-- $01
ERIC KRASNAUSKAS Director4 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$192,720$224,850 $7,517-$17,616 $12,042$180,678 -7-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$250,556$266,036 $14,514$14,514 $35,774$214,782 -8-
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$286,283$257,055 $29,994$29,994 $19,720$266,563 $09-
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$225,777$264,773 $766$766 $94,765$131,012 $09-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$202,683$176,637 $41,390$39,762 $92,936$81,675 $08-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$217,780$191,339 $23,109$13,716 $88,753$127,642 $07-
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,049$136,748 $32-$12,725 $42,125$53,412 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $20,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2019. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
LETS GROW KIDS INC Public charity Exact 2019 1$20,000 2019$20,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $224,850 spent · pay $188,900 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $171,851$154,666$17,185- 76.4%
Payroll taxes $16,799$15,119$1,680- 7.5%
Other (as described)EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES $11,727$11,727-- 5.2%
Occupancy $8,762$7,885$877- 3.9%
Other (as described)CLEANING & MAINTENANCE $7,339$6,605$734- 3.3%
Insurance $3,020$1,707$1,313- 1.3%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $2,172$1,955$217- 1.0%
Office expenses $1,676-$1,676- 0.7%
Fees: accounting $675$607$68- 0.3%
Advertising and promotion $473-$473- 0.2%
Other employee benefits $250$225$25- 0.1%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $106-$106- 0.0%
Total$224,850100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $266,036 spent · pay $209,737 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $185,491$166,942$18,549- 69.7%
Other (as described)EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES $35,062$35,062-- 13.2%
Payroll taxes $24,008$21,607$2,401- 9.0%
Occupancy $9,637$8,673$964- 3.6%
Other (as described)CLEANING & MAINTENANCE $7,369$6,632$737- 2.8%
Advertising and promotion $1,875-$1,875- 0.7%
Office expenses $974-$974- 0.4%
Fees: accounting $804$724$80- 0.3%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $578$520$58- 0.2%
Other employee benefits $238$214$24- 0.1%
Total$266,036100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $257,055 spent · pay $220,436 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $201,940$181,746$20,194- 78.6%
Other (as described)MATERIALS & SUPPLIES $24,876$24,876-- 9.7%
Payroll taxes $17,350$15,615$1,735- 6.7%
Occupancy $5,094$4,585$509- 2.0%
Other (as described)EDUCATION $3,776$3,776-- 1.5%
Office expenses $1,433$1,290$143- 0.6%
Other employee benefits $1,146$1,146-- 0.4%
Fees: accounting $760$684$76- 0.3%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $596$536$60- 0.2%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $84$84-- 0.0%
Total$257,055100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $264,773 spent · pay $225,341 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $208,317$187,485$20,832- 78.7%
Payroll taxes $17,024$15,322$1,702- 6.4%
Other (as described)MATERIALS & SUPPLIES $14,320$14,320-- 5.4%
Occupancy $11,841$10,657$1,184- 4.5%
Insurance $8,980$8,082$898- 3.4%
Office expenses $1,685$1,516$169- 0.6%
Other (as described)EDUCATION $1,244$1,244-- 0.5%
Fees: accounting $715$643$72- 0.3%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $538$484$54- 0.2%
Interest $109$109-- 0.0%
Total$264,773100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $176,637 spent · pay $146,993 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $134,730$121,257$13,473- 76.3%
Payroll taxes $11,163$10,047$1,116- 6.3%
Occupancy $10,986$9,868$1,118- 6.2%
Other (as described)MATERIALS & SUPPLIES $7,588$7,588-- 4.3%
Insurance $3,881$3,493$388- 2.2%
Other (as described)EDUCATION $3,234$3,234-- 1.8%
Office expenses $1,212$1,091$121- 0.7%
Other employee benefits $1,100$990$110- 0.6%
Fees: accounting $654$589$65- 0.4%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $588$588-- 0.3%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $492$443$49- 0.3%
Information technology $440$396$44- 0.2%
Interest $414$414-- 0.2%
All other expenses $155-$155- 0.1%
Total$176,637100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $191,339 spent · pay $144,425 · grants $0 · events $203
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $133,116$119,804$13,312- 69.6%
Occupancy $20,558$18,500$2,058- 10.7%
Other (as described)MATERIALS & SUPPLIES $11,201$11,201-- 5.9%
Payroll taxes $10,234$9,210$1,024- 5.3%
Interest $8,567$8,567-- 4.5%
Insurance $3,088$2,779$309- 1.6%
Other employee benefits $1,075$967$108- 0.6%
Other (as described)EDUCATION $977$977-- 0.5%
Office expenses $721$649$72- 0.4%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $697$627$70- 0.4%
Fees: accounting $653$588$65- 0.3%
Information technology $320$288$32- 0.2%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $132-$132- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $1,588$203reported apart
Total$191,339100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $136,748 spent · pay $106,233 · grants $0 · events $456
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $106,233 77.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,004 14.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,888 7.2%
Fees to independent contractors $600 0.4%
Printing, publications, postage $23 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$456reported apart
Total$136,748100%

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