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Nonprofit · EIN 59-1146765

EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC

Tax-exempt · JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256

Financials

$90.5M$91M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$90,460,915$91,011,154-$550,239$20,141,320$10,036,232$10,105,088
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$90,341,009
of which government grants
$88,347,191
Program service revenue
$15,225
Investment income
$19,980
Net gain from sales of assets
-$45,663
Net income from fundraising events
-$3,348
Other revenue
$84,701

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$41,068,582
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$837,639
Other salaries and wages
$33,758,104
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$41,767,262
Professional fundraising fees
$25,000
Legal fees
$16,009
Accounting fees
$65,876
Occupancy
$1,895,725
Travel
$543,645
Depreciation
$1,078,918
Program services (functional)
$85,324,713
Management and general (functional)
$5,647,965
Fundraising (functional)
$38,476

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$21,755,614
Total assets, end of year
$20,141,320
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,036,232
Net assets, end of year
$10,105,088
Land, buildings and equipment
$6,729,543
Publicly traded securities
$1,557,547
Net assets without donor restrictions
$10,105,088
Gross receipts
$91,372,585
Employees
844
Volunteers
2,973
Year formed
1966
State of legal domicile
FL

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DR NATALYA BANNISTER ROBYPRESIDENT & CEO
Officer
50$210,535$52,958
WENDY HUGHESCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
50$167,202$23,385
JEANNE DILLARDCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Key employee
50$158,181$23,112
TERESA MATHENYCHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER
Key employee
50$163,663$15,843
HEATHER HODGESVP OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Highest-paid employee
50$148,120$15,102
MARTHA COXVP OF GRANTS & GOV RELATIONS
Highest-paid employee
50$132,577$20,220
LAUREN HOPKINSVP OF DONOR RELATIONS, UNTIL 10/2024
Highest-paid employee
40$125,936$17,354
ROBERT SIMMONSVP OF INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Highest-paid employee
50$113,339$20,282
MELANIE CLOUGHCHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$114,480$12,345
THABATA FORDCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
DESTINEE SWANSONVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JEANNE LIGHTCAPTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
TOMMIE REILLYSECRETARY, AS OF 9/2024
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
JOEL CHAMBERLAINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINE SMITHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0$0
12 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
YARED ALULABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
JOHN THOMASBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
DR ADRIEN MALEK-LASATERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
DWIGHT IRVINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
AARON ELLINGERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
ANTONIA KNOXBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
DR MATTHEW OHLSONBOARD MEMBER, AS OF 9/2024
Trustee or director
1$0
THE REV DEACON BETH RANOULLBOARD MEMBER, AS OF 3/2025
Trustee or director
1$0
FR WILEY AMMONSBOARD MEMBER, UNTIL 3/2025
Trustee or director
1$0
KAREN ESTELLA SMITHBOARD MEMBER, UNTIL 1/2025
Trustee or director
1$0
KARYN CARROLLBOARD MEMBER, UNTIL 5/2025
Trustee or director
1$0
JOY FARRISBOARD MEMBER, UNTIL 4/2025
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
8649 BAYPINE RD STE 300 BLDG 7, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256-7536
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
THABATA FORD, 8649 BAYPINE RD BLDG 7 300, JACKSONVILLE, FL 322567536
Signed the 990
WENDY HUGHES, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Phone
(904) 726-1500
Return prepared by
JAMES MOORE & CO PL

Mission

ECS4KIDS EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO RISE ABOVE GENERATIONAL POVERTY WITH COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HOLISTIC FAMILY SUPPORT.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND NUTRITION SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE INFANTS, TODDLERS, PRESCHOOLERS, PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR YOUNG STUDENTS AND PREGNANT MOTHERS RECEIVE INTENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. PARENTS RECEIVE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILY WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS TOOLS TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN'S SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. OUR PROGRAM HAS A TOTAL FUNDED ENROLLMENT OF 2,234 SERVING 1,502 IN HEAD START AND 1,300 IN EARLY HEAD START THROUGHOUT 12 COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA WHICH INCLUDE ALACHUA, BAKER, BRADFORD, CITRUS, CLAY, DIXIE, DUVAL, GILCHRIST, LAKE, LEVY, MARION, AND NASSAU.
    Expenses $41,833,653 · revenue $103,274
  • THE SCHOOL READINESS (SR) PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS SERVING THESE FAMILIES. ECS4KIDS SERVES APPROXIMATELY 5,968 CHILDREN ON AVERAGE PER YEAR AND AROUND 190 CHILDCARE PROVIDERS MONTHLY, AS WELL AS ANSWERING APPROXIMATELY 7,550 CHILDCARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY. FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM RECEIVE FREE OR REDUCED CHILDCARE FEES FROM HIGH QUALITY PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS AND ASSESSMENTS. ECS4KIDS EDUCATION STAFF PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 823 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISITS AND 52 TRAININGS TO 472 PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YEAR TO ASSIST PROVIDERS IN IMPLEMENTING CHILDCARE BEST PRACTICES. ECS4KIDS PROVIDES SR SERVICES IN BAKER, CLAY, NASSAU, BRADFORD, PUTNAM, AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA.
    Expenses $21,800,233 · grants $20,306,551
  • ECS4KIDS ADMINISTERS THE VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN (VPK) PROGRAM IN BAKER, CLAY, NASSAU, BRADFORD, PUTNAM, AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA. VPK IS A 540-HOUR SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM OR 300-HOUR SUMMER PROGRAM AVAILABLE FREE TO ALL FLORIDA 4 YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. VPK PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO HELP ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL SUCCESS. ECS4KIDS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 6,215 VPK CHILDREN IN APPROXIMATELY 225 PROGRAMS ACROSS THE 6-COUNTY SERVICE AREA.
    Expenses $16,634,389 · grants $16,634,389
  • THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF DUVAL COUNTY AND THE KIDS HOPE ALLIANCE, WE SEND TEAMS OF TRAINED COACHES, TECHNICAL STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS INTO NON-ECS4KIDS RUN CHILDCARE FACILITIES TO WORK WITH DIRECTORS AND TEACHERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, TEACHING METHODS, AND CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION. THIS PARTNERSHIP SERVED APPROXIMATELY 5,490 CHILDREN IN 149 CHILDCARE CENTERS AND 391 CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR. ECS4KIDS' COACHES WORK WITH EACH DIRECTOR AND TEACHER TO CREATE ACTION PLANS THAT PROMOTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL.
    Expenses $5,056,438 · grants $4,127,642

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
59-1146765
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
1968
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Human services (P330)
Assets (IRS master file)
$20,141,320
Income (IRS master file)
$91,372,585

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025–––IRS
990June 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$129,365,206$128,750,093$20,065,643IRS
990June 2022$89,939,736$90,122,603$15,249,517IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.

Questions about EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC

What is the EIN of EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC is 59-1146765.
Is EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1968.
Are donations to EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES 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 EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC 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 EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC 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 EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names THABATA FORD.
Who are the officers and directors of EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 27 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $210,535 (DR NATALYA BANNISTER ROBY, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does EPISCOPAL CHILDRENS SERVICES INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $90,460,915, expenses of $91,011,154 and total assets of $20,141,320 at year end.

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