SUMTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITY INC
EIN 63-0514745 · Preschools (B21)
What they do
Reduce The Effects of Poverty On Low Income Children
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $608,926 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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LENA A HARDAWAYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RALPH E STOKESFISCAL OFFICER
ANGELA MCKINNISDIRECTOR
ANTHONY CREARDIRECTOR
DENNIS STEVERSONDIRECTOR
HAROLD HARRISDIRECTOR
MARY J SQUAREDIRECTOR
ROBIN HARRISONDIRECTOR
TERRY PEELERCHAIRMAN
THELMA PALMERDIRECTOR
TINA BROWNDIRECTOR
TOBY FITCHDIRECTOR
TRACY HARRISDIRECTOR
WILLIE IVORYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- December 1974
- Location
- PO Drawer 928, Livingston, AL 35470
- County
- Sumter
- In care of
- Lena A Hardaway
- Primary officer
- Lena A Hardaway, Director / CEO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2021
- Tax period began
- May 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- HARVEY L SMITH & COMPANY
- NTEE classification
- Preschools (B21)
- IRS tax category
- Preschools
- Revocation date
- September 15, 2025