Mission
Building brighter futures for young children.
Public Charity
CRAVEN SMART START INC
CRAVEN SMART START INC is a Public Charity headquartered in New Bern, NC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.6M revenue, $1.5M expenses, $98K total assets. 12 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $9.5M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 562105879
New Bern, NC
Alliances & Advocacy
NTEE: B01
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.6M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$98K
Grant Records12
Funding Total$9.5M
Filing Years2020–2025
Where $100 goes at Craven Smart Start Inc
How Craven Smart Start Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.
$88
Programs
the work itself
$12
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $88 for programs
$25
CCR&R Regional Lead Agency (7104)
$19
Child Care Resource & Referral PSC:3104 Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is aligned with the North Carolina CCR&R System to provide CCR&R services that meet NC CCR&R…
$15
Child Care Subsidy PSC:2342 Financial assistance will be paid on a per-child basis as a subsidy to families eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or the…
Plus 6 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.
Source: Form 990 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
NC YOUNG CHILDREN
$1,096,122
NC YOUNG CHILDREN
$1,091,425
NC YOUNG CHILDREN
$1,047,961
NC YOUNG CHILDREN
$1,021,774
NC YOUNG CHILDREN
$964,689
Showing up to 5 of 12 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Executive Director
Cassandra Bennett
Board Member
Chief Patrick Gallagher
Board Member
Commissioner Beatrice R Smith
Board Member
Geoffrey Marett
President
James Burns
Board Member
Laticia Garfield
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $98K |
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $51K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $67K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $86K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $90K |
Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $1.6M (+16%), with total assets most recently reported at $98K.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.