Nonprofit · EIN 45-3709610
ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · COLUMBIA, SC 29202
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,473,260 | $1,082,820 | $1,390,440 | $2,278,829 | $53,868 | $2,224,961 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $971,097 | $985,112 | -$14,015 | $834,605 | $84 | $834,521 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,445,465
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $23,302
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$75
- Net income from fundraising events
- $4,493
- Other revenue
- $4,493
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $145,625
- Other salaries and wages
- $175,236
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $345,407
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $13,780
- Travel
- $4,419
- Program services (functional)
- $1,012,648
- Management and general (functional)
- $20,386
- Fundraising (functional)
- $49,786
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $834,605
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,278,829
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $53,868
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,224,961
- Gross receipts
- $2,555,958
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 60
- Year formed
- 2011
- State of legal domicile
- SC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARA MEADOR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $140,000 |
| NICHOLAS A WASHINGTON | PROGRAM DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $120,000 |
| BOB EDWARDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KIMBERLI SCOTT-STILL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| NIKKI R HALEY | TRUSTEE/FOUNDER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| WILL JOHNSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KEN REYNOLDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHARLIE GRIFFIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SUZANNE KOTY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| AKIL ROSS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CANDACE SHIVER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| EMILY B MCMILLAN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HALEY | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MIKEE JOHNSON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CANDACE LEAPHART | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREY RANDOLPH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARA MEADOR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $135,000 |
| NICHOLAS A WASHINGTON | PROGRAM DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $120,000 |
| BOB EDWARDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KIMBERLI SCOTT-STILL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HALEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| WILL JOHNSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| KEN REYNOLDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| TYLER BAILEY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SUZANNE KOTY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| AKIL ROSS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CANDACE SHIVER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| NICKI HOOD | TRUSTEE (UNTIL 06/03/2024) Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| NIKKI R HALEY | CHAIR/FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MIKEE JOHNSON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CANDACE LEAPHART | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| ANDREY RANDOLPH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 2246, COLUMBIA, SC 29202-2246
- In care of
- % NIKKI HALEY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CANDACE LEAPHART, POST OFFICE BOX 2246, COLUMBIA, SC 292022246
- Signed the 990
- CANDACE LEAPHART, TREASURER
- Phone
- (803) 244-9511
- Return prepared by
- ELLIOTT DAVIS ADVISORY LLC
Mission
THE ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION BELIEVES A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY THE ZIP CODE IN WHICH HE OR SHE LIVES. OUR MISSION IS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS THROUGH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND EARLY LITERACY INITIATIVES IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
Program accomplishments
- THE ORIGINAL SIX (O6) FOUNDATION'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, O6 AFTERSCHOOL, PROVIDES STUDENTS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH EIGHT WITH A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE TO LEARN WHILE CLOSING ACADEMIC GAPS. WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST DECADE. CURRENTLY IN ITS 10TH YEAR, O6 AFTERSCHOOL IS A MODEL OF IMPACT AND CONSISTENCY. DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, O6 AFTERSCHOOL: -SERVED NEARLY 1,000 STUDENTS IN 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN EIGHT COUNTIES (ALLENDALE, BAMBERG, CLARENDON, COLLETON, FLORENCE, GREENVILLE, MARION, AND UNION). -DELIVERED 16,998 HOUR OF INDIVIDUALIZED HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY MORE THAN 120 CERTIFIED TEACHERS. -97% OF PARENTS REPORTED THE PROGRAM POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR CHILD, AND 92% OF STUDENTS SAID THEY UNDERSTOOD SCHOOLWORK BETTER AFTER ATTENDING. IN THE FALL OF 2025, O6 AFTERSCHOOL EXPANDED TO A 13TH SCHOOL, SIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EXTENDED PROGRAMMING FOR EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS AT JONESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOTH IN UNION COUNTY.STUDENTS RECEIVE NOT ONLY ACADEMIC SUPPORT BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS. IN RECENT YEARS, O6 HAS: -SUPPLIED VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS FOR CAREER EXPLORATION IN RURAL SCHOOLS. -PARTNERED WITH COMPANIES LIKE HONDA, BOEING, BCA BICYCLE, AND HAYNESWORTH, SINKLER, BOYD TO OFFER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CAREER EXPLORATION EXCURSIONS. WE ALSO HAVE ONSITE CAREER EXPERTS WHO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL. -WE ARE MAKING IT A PRIORITY TO GET THE STUDENTS WE SERVE ON UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL CAMPUSES. INTERACTIVE STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH) LEARNING, TEAM ACTIVITIES, AND SOCIAL ENRICHMENT REMAIN A PROMINENT PIECE OF THE PROGRAM, HELPING STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP STRONG STUDY HABITS, AND CULTIVATE A LASTING LOVE OF LEARNING. ALL O6 PROGRAMS OPERATE. AT NO COST FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.Expenses $911,383
- SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT: THE ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION BELIEVES THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD IS THE ABILITY TO READ. READING PROFICIENCY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PREDICTORS OF LONG-TERM ACADEMIC SUCCESS, YET MANY CHILDREN IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES LACK ACCESS TO AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS. THAT'S WHY O6 CREATED MY FIRST LIBRARY, A PROGRAM THAT PLACES BOOKS DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.THROUGH MY FIRST LIBRARY, EACH STUDENT CHOOSES TEN HIGH-QUALITY SUMMER READING BOOKS AT A YEAR-END BOOK FAIR, BUILDING THEIR OWN AT-HOME LIBRARY. THIS PROGRAM IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT: -STARTS EARLY: UNLIKE MOST READING PROGRAMS THAT BEGIN IN FIRST GRADE, MY FIRST LIBRARY STARTS IN KINDERGARTEN TO PREVENT "SUMMER SLIDE," WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR UP TO 85% OF THE READING GAP BETWEEN LOWER-INCOME AND HIGHER INCOME PEERS. -PRIORITIZES CHOICE: RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO READ BOOKS THEY CHOOSE THEMSELVES 92% OF KIDS AGREE. -TARGETS THE GREATEST NEED: AS A STATEWIDE FOUNDATION, O6 IDENTIFIES AND INVESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, MY FIRST LIBRARY HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 109,000 BOOKS TO MORE THAN 10,000 KINDERGARTENERS IN 44 PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATEWIDE. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM EXPANDED INTO CHESTER, DILLON, AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES, BROADENING ITS REACH AND IMPACT.Expenses $101,265
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-3709610
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,278,829
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,555,958
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,473,260 | $1,082,820 | $2,278,829 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $971,097 | $985,112 | $834,605 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $623,994 | $823,132 | $853,522 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-3709610).
Questions about ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION is 45-3709610.
- Is ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CANDACE LEAPHART.
- Who are the officers and directors of ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $140,000 (KARA MEADOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does ORIGINAL SIX FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,473,260, expenses of $1,082,820 and total assets of $2,278,829 at year end.
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