Nonprofit · EIN 31-0724689
KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC
Tax-exempt · MOUNT VERNON, OH 43050
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,794,799 | $5,810,152 | -$15,353 | $2,225,352 | $251,670 | $1,973,682 |
| July 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,843,545 | $5,727,909 | $115,636 | $2,229,659 | $255,663 | $1,973,996 |
| July 31, 2023 | 990 | $6,116,286 | $5,934,555 | $181,731 | $2,253,963 | $409,615 | $1,844,348 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,396,809
- of which government grants
- $4,030,436
- Program service revenue
- $1,377,182
- Investment income
- $20,808
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $123,900
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,659,731
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,749,491
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $235,608
- Travel
- $15,012
- Depreciation
- $86,938
- Program services (functional)
- $5,184,533
- Management and general (functional)
- $625,619
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,229,659
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,225,352
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $251,670
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,973,682
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $690,404
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,806,745
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $166,937
- Gross receipts
- $5,794,799
- Employees
- 146
- Volunteers
- 249
- Year formed
- 1965
- State of legal domicile
- OH
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 July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret P Tazewell | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $118,332 | $5,568 |
| Lisa Lloyd | Vice-Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Todd Hawkins | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Beverly Stockberger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Alden | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Ruggles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katherine Clark | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kelly Welker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Filkins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Cockrell | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret P Tazewell | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $122,048 | $4,750 |
| Todd Hawkins | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Noel Alden | Vice-Chairperson- Exit 4/24 Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| John W Morgan Jr | Director- Exit 4/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kelly Welker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Filkins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Beverly Stockberger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Lloyd | Vice-Chairperson- Start 4/24 Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Alden | Director- Start 4/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie Ruggles | Director- Start 11/23 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Cockrell | Director- Start 2/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katherine Clark | Director- Start 4/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret P Tazewell | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $115,089 | $4,888 |
| Todd Hawkins | Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Noel Alden | Vice-Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Danielle O'Brien | Treasurer - Exited 03/28/2023 Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John W Morgan Jr | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Leah Miller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Wortman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kelly Welker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Filkins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Beverly Stockberger | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Lloyd | Director - Started 10/2022 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 11700 UPPER GILCHRIST RD STE B, MOUNT VERNON, OH 43050-9232
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Margaret P Tazewell, 790 Fairground Road Suite 200, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
- Signed the 990
- Margaret P Tazewell, Executive Director
- Phone
- (740) 397-1344
- Website
- knoxheadstart.org
- Return prepared by
- Barnes Dennig & Co LTD
Mission
Committed to the future of Knox County and its changing and diverse needs, Knox County Head Start works in partnership with the community to provide quality early education, childcare and family services. Our purpose is to engage children, families and staff in reaching their full potential.
Program accomplishments
- Early Head Start is a federally funded, community-based program for low-income families with infants, toddlers and pregnant women. Its mission is to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, to enhance the development of very young children, and to promote healthy family functioning. Knox County Head Start is funded to serve 64 infants, toddlers and pregnant women and their families in the Early Head Start program at any one time. During the 2024-25 program year, KCHS provided services to 110 infants and toddlers and five pregnant mothers in the 64 funded slots, with 92 infants/toddlers enrolled more than 45-days (ten children transitioned to Head Start within 45-days of enrollment or the start of the program year). Twelve children served were identified with disabilities or developmental delays under an individualized family service plan. At the end of enrollment, 90 of 110 children (82%) were up to date on all required primary and preventive health care and screenings, and 98/101 (97%) were current on immunizations, with 91 fully up to date, 5 having received all immunizations possible; and two (2) exemptions from immunizations. Of those children not up to date, nine of the children were enrolled less than 45 days. KCHS provided center-based slots, in full day, full year centers in Fredericktown, Gambier and Mount Vernon, Ohio, with full-day care provided from ten to eleven hours per day, five days per week, 50 weeks per year. Head Start is a federally funded, comprehensive developmental preschool program for income eligible children ages three to five and their families. Knox County Head Start, Inc. receives grants from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services for the operation of the program. In the 2024-2025 School Year, Knox County Head Start served 198 children in 149 funded Head Start slots; 83 of those children transitioned to kindergarten in August 2025. All enrolled children made developmental progress, with the percentage of preschool children achieving widely held developmental expectations by area: Social-Emotional (90%); Physical (98%); Language (85%); Cognitive (92%), Literacy (89%) and Math (81%). Thirty-four (34) children served received special education and related services under an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Children received screenings for health issues, including physicals, lead and hemoglobin screenings, speech, hearing and developmental screenings, dental screenings, and mental health screenings. Seventy-three (73) children, or 40% of children served, required follow up medical care, and 63, or 86%, of those children received the follow up care needed. Twenty-two (22) children, or 11% of children served, required follow up dental care, and 18 of those children received the care needed, for a follow up rate of 82%.Expenses $3,253,526
- The Child and Adult Care Food program provides support for children's meals for children attending licensed child care centers, including Head Start, Early Head Start and child care classrooms. Knox County Head Start ensures that children participating in all classrooms have access to nutritious meals, including a variety of foods served that introduce children to new food options and offer balanced meals. Meals are served family style to encourage children's healthy development. Children in full day classrooms receive breakfast, lunch and snack. Children served in half day preschool classrooms receive either breakfast and lunch in morning classrooms or lunch and snack in afternoon classrooms. Additionally, KCHS provides information to parents about healthy eating and the importance of exercise and movement as part of both the Head Start and Early Head Start programs.Expenses $189,466
- Child Care Program and Corporate Activities. The Child Care program incorporates Head Start Performance Standards into full year/full day care for infants through preschool, with Head Start programming for preschoolers, and Early Head Start programming for infants and toddlers. Child Care services are also provided at one location for school age before and after school care, and full-time school age care during most snow days, school holidays and summer months.Expenses $1,741,541 · revenue $1,377,182
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 July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 31-0724689
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1965
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B22Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,225,352
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,794,799
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | $5,794,799 | $5,810,152 | $2,225,352 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2024 | $5,843,545 | $5,727,909 | $2,229,659 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2023 | $6,116,286 | $5,934,555 | $2,253,963 | XML |
| 990 | July 2022 | $5,097,073 | $5,116,446 | $1,995,627 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | 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 31-0724689).
Questions about KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC
- What is the EIN of KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC is 31-0724689.
- Is KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1965.
- Are donations to KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does KNOX COUNTY HEAD START 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 KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names Margaret P Tazewell.
- Who are the officers and directors of KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $118,332 (Margaret P Tazewell, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does KNOX COUNTY HEAD START INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,794,799, expenses of $5,810,152 and total assets of $2,225,352 at year end.
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