Nonprofit · EIN 57-0843347
CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC
Tax-exempt · GAFFNEY, SC 29342
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,019,796 | $823,207 | $196,589 | $3,883,769 | $27,529 | $3,856,240 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $692,119 | $786,193 | -$94,074 | $3,530,061 | $16,845 | $3,513,216 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,003,719 | $815,295 | $188,424 | $3,259,629 | $16,725 | $3,242,904 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $185,320
- Program service revenue
- $668,932
- Investment income
- $165,544
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $107,723
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $59,854
- Other salaries and wages
- $453,567
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $564,642
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $12,248
- Occupancy
- $53,925
- Travel
- $6,394
- Depreciation
- $49,939
- Program services (functional)
- $714,777
- Management and general (functional)
- $105,762
- Fundraising (functional)
- $2,668
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,530,061
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,883,769
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,529
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,856,240
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $695,248
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,460,867
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,617,945
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,238,295
- Gross receipts
- $1,551,681
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 6
- Year formed
- 1986
- 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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARON GOFORTH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $59,854 |
| TERRA BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRI BURNS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SL FORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA FOWLER | VICE CHAIRRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GAIL HAMRICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID HOGUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LORETTA HOLMES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA KESLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TONY LAVENDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELLIE LEARY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JANET QUEEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIMMY RANDOLPH | BOARD CHAIRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID TONEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX TRAMMELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR KERWIN A WRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARON GOFORTH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $63,410 |
| TERRA BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRI BURNS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SL FORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA FOWLER | VICE CHAIRRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BROOKE HAMRICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GAIL HAMRICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID HOGUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LORETTA HOLMES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA KESLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TONY LAVENDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELLIE LEARY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN LYDON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JANET QUEEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIMMY RANDOLPH | BOARD CHAIRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID TONEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX TRAMMELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR KERWIN A WRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARON GOFORTH | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $58,454 |
| MERV BISHOP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRA BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIA FOWLER | VICE CHAIRRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BROOKE HAMRICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GAIL HAMRICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LORETTA HOLMES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA KESSLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TONY LAVENDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELLIE LEARY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN LYDON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRANDY MCBEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JANET QUEEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIMMY RANDOLPH | BOARD CHAIRM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX TRAMMELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR KERWIN A WRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1896, GAFFNEY, SC 29342-1896
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SHARON GOFORTH
- Signed the 990
- DEBRA KESLER, TREASURER
- Phone
- (864) 487-0177
- Return prepared by
- ELLIOTT & PAINTER LLP
Mission
GROUP HOME PROVIDING LONG TERM AND EMERGENCY CARE TO YOUTH IN THE CARE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SERVING YOUTH AGES 13-20.
Program accomplishments
- GROUP HOME PROVIDING LONG TERM AND EMERGENCY CARE TO CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SERVING YOUTH AGE THIRTEEN THROUGH TWENTY.Expenses $714,777 · revenue $688,932
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 57-0843347
- 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
- 1987
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P72Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,883,769
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,551,681
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,019,796 | $823,207 | $3,883,769 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $692,119 | $786,193 | $3,530,061 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,003,719 | $815,295 | $3,259,629 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $783,359 | $783,717 | $2,893,886 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 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 57-0843347).
Questions about CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC
- What is the EIN of CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC is 57-0843347.
- Is CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1987.
- Are donations to CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC 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 CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names SHARON GOFORTH.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $59,854 (SHARON GOFORTH, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does CHEROKEE CHILDRENS HOME INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,019,796, expenses of $823,207 and total assets of $3,883,769 at year end.
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