Mission
To preserve funding for early childhood education
Small Public Charity
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION LEADERS FOR SMART START AND JOBS
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION LEADERS FOR SMART START AND JOBS is a Small Public Charity headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $123K revenue, $130K expenses, $87K total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $305K, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 274873512
Raleigh, NC
Government & Public Administration
NTEE: W20
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$123K
Total Expenses$130K
Total Assets$87K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$305K
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Business and Education Leaders for Smart Start and Jobs
How Business and Education Leaders for Smart Start and Jobs divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 5 years.
$100
Programs
the work itself
<$1
Everything else
operations and overhead
Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.
Inside the $100 for programs
$52
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
$48
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…
Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
ADVOCACY
$100,000
ADVOCACY
$70,000
DONATION FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT
$5,000
ADVOCACY
$60,000
DONATION FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT
$5,000
Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Director
Cynthia Watkins
Board Chair
Frank Gailor
Director
Hal Kaplan
Director
Jack Nicols
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $123K | $130K | $87K |
| 2024 | $116K | $130K | $94K |
| 2023 | $141K | $68K | $108K |
| 2022 | $126K | $101K | $35K |
| 2021 | $47K | $66K | $10K |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $47K to $123K (+165%), with total assets most recently reported at $87K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.