2026-04-21T10:24:57-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 274873512 BUSINESS AND EDUCATION LEADERS FOR SMART START AND JOBS BUSI 9197552250 PO Box 10714 Raleigh NC 27605 Frank Gailor Board Chair 9197552250 2026-04-21 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 123249 X 123100 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123249 16591 0 0 101509 0 787 11350 130237 -6988 94449 0 87461 94449 87461 0 0 0 0 94449 87461 0 0 94449 87461 To preserve funding for early childhood education The Organization continued to focus efforts on direct lobbying in the NC General Assembly in 2025 to maintain funding for various forms of early childhood education. 0 67509 Funding nonpartisan candidate forums, produce webinars, and create policy briefs to serve as supplemental documents to the messaging toolkit to help educate policymakers, communities, and advocates on key early childhood initiatives and policies 0 62728 130237 Frank Gailor Board Chair 2 0 0 0 Hal Kaplan Director 2 0 0 0 Jack Nicols Director 2 0 0 0 Cynthia Watkins Director 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Gailor 1100 Wake Forest Road Suite 100 Raleigh NC 27604 9197552250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Expenses include $10,681.17 in reimbursements related to expenses incurred for special events, annual award recognitions. Other expenses include tax filing, licensing fees and postal box totaling $669.00