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COUGAR CUBS DAYCARE CENTER INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $134K · expenses $139K · assets $35K

EIN
83-0758697
Address
403 BIRDSELL ST, BONESTEEL, SD 57317-2101
NTEE code
P33
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

THE ENTITIES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE DAYCARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN ON A DAILY BASIS WHICH WILL INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Karen Janousek Treasurer2022-2025 $3,900$11,700 1
Samantha Cerny Secretary2019-2025 $2,600$2,600 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 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
Pamela Spann Director2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Katie Andews Director2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Trisha Cahoy Vice President2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Callie Pavel Director2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Connie Schmitz Director2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Amanda Johnson President & CEO2022-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Karen Sue Vogt (former) President2019-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Heather Fuhrer (former) Secretary2019-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Katelyn Sachtjen (former) Director2019-2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 8 people listed · 2 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN JANOUSEK Treasurer4 $3,900-- $3,9001
SAMANTHA CERNY Secretary3 $2,600-- $2,6001
PAMELA SPANN Director0 $0-- $01
KATIE ANDEWS Director0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Vice President0 $0-- $01
CALLIE PAVEL Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
AMANDA JOHNSON President & CEO0 $0-- $01
2024 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $4K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN JANOUSEK Treasurer10 $3,900-- $3,9001
PAMELA SPANN Director0 $0-- $01
KATIE ANDEWS Director0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Vice President0 $0-- $01
CALLIE PAVEL Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Secretary0 $0-- $01
AMANDA JOHNSON President & CEO0 $0-- $01
2023 · 8 people listed · 1 paid, $4K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN JANOUSEK Treasurer10 $3,900-- $3,9001
PAMELA SPANN Director0 $0-- $01
KATIE ANDEWS Director0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Vice President0 $0-- $01
CALLIE PAVEL Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Secretary0 $0-- $01
AMANDA JOHNSON President & CEO0 $0-- $01
2022 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN JANOUSEK Treasurer0 $0-- $01
PAMELA SPANN President0 $0-- $01
KATIE ANDEWS Director0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Vice President0 $0-- $01
CALLIE PAVEL Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Secretary0 $0-- $01
AMANDA JOHNSON Director0 $0-- $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN SUE VOGT President0 $0-- $01
PAMELA SPANN Vice President0 $0-- $01
HEATHER FUHRER Secretary0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Treasurer0 $0-- $01
KATELYN SACHTJEN Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Director0 $0-- $01
2020 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN SUE VOGT President0 $0-- $01
PAMELA SPANN Vice President0 $0-- $01
HEATHER FUHRER Secretary0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Treasurer0 $0-- $01
KATELYN SACHTJEN Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Director0 $0-- $01
2019 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KAREN SUE VOGT President0 $0-- $01
PAMELA SPANN Vice President0 $0-- $01
HEATHER FUHRER Secretary0 $0-- $01
TRISHA CAHOY Treasurer0 $0-- $01
KATELYN SACHTJEN Director0 $0-- $01
CONNIE SCHMITZ Director0 $0-- $01
SAMANTHA CERNY Director0 $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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$133,898$138,723 $35,457$35,174 $4,671$112,536 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$121,250$112,507 $40,316$39,999 $35,310$66,976 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$67,479$100,711 $31,784$31,256 $750$55,282 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$115,108$101,089 $64,996$64,488 $34,800$71,057 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$114,968$90,154 $50,828$50,469 $32,381$65,193 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$106,027$79,160 $33,329$25,655 $45,978$50,587 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,582$92,237 $8,864-$1,212 $8,271$79,666 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $200 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. 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
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COUGAR CUBS DAYCARE CENTER INC” 2020-2023 4$200 2023$38
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THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC DAF sponsor$36,14412 12016–2020 TULLAHOMA DAY CARE CENTER INC
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $138,723 spent · pay $112,530 · grants $170 · events $1,474
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $112,530 81.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,207 15.3%
Fees to independent contractors $4,816 3.5%
Grants and similar amounts paid $170 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,474reported apart
Total$138,723100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $112,507 spent · pay $89,923 · grants $0 · events $1,042
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $89,923 79.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,976 15.1%
Fees to independent contractors $3,894 3.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,714 1.5%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,042reported apart
Total$112,507100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $100,711 spent · pay $75,295 · grants $0 · events $536
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $75,295 74.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $23,290 23.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,684 1.7%
Fees to independent contractors $442 0.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$536reported apart
Total$100,711100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $101,089 spent · pay $77,276 · grants $0 · events $816
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $77,276 76.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,724 21.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,463 1.4%
Fees to independent contractors $626 0.6%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$816reported apart
Total$101,089100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $90,154 spent · pay $68,371 · grants $1,200 · events $819
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $68,371 75.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,053 20.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,505 1.7%
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,200 1.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,025 1.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$819reported apart
Total$90,154100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $79,160 spent · pay $63,981 · grants $0 · events $1,649
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $63,981 80.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,163 16.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,483 1.9%
Fees to independent contractors $533 0.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,649reported apart
Total$79,160100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $92,237 spent · pay $71,112 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $71,112 77.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,396 22.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $729 0.8%
Total$92,237100%

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