Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

The Advocacy Center

  • Sumter, SC
  • Tax-exempt since Dec. 2008
  • EIN: 06-1829688

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Human Services — Multipurpose and Other / Personal Social Services (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$23k (2024)

Expenses
$70.3k (2024)

Total Assets
$47.4k (2024)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$23,013
Expenses
$70,261
Net Income
-$47,248
Net Assets
$47,379
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $23,013
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $47,379
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $47,379
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Getz (Director) $23,154 $0
Ashley Still (Program Services Manager) $10,373 $0
Jennifer Meyer (Bookkeeping) $1,608 $0
Amanda Bowen (Teacher) $775 $0
Shelley Allsbrooks (Treasurer) $0 $0
Landy Butters (Board Member) $0 $0
Melissa Vipperman (Secretary) $0 $0
Hanna Rivers (Board Member) $0 $0
Ashleigh Davis (President) $0 $0
Nancy Zippleman (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 3, 2025

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$160,159
Expenses
$68,166
Net Income
$91,993
Net Assets
$94,627
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $160,159
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $94,627
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $94,627
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Getz (Director) $0 $0
Shelley Allsbrooks (Treasurer) $0 $0
Breanna Hughes (Chair) $0 $0
Landy Butlers (Secretary) $0 $0
Ashley Gifford (Assistant) $0 $0
Marianna Green (Assistant) $0 $0
Melissa Vipperman (Board Member) $0 $0
Jennifer Cook (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on March 22, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$109,242
Expenses
$118,898
Net Income
-$9,656
Net Assets
$2,634
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $109,242
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $2,634
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $2,634
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Getz (Director) $10,266 $0
Ashley Gifford (Assistant) $2,880 $0
Marianna Green (Assistant) $640 $0
Shelley Allsbrooks (Treasurer) $0 $0
Breanna Hughes (Chair) $0 $0
Landy Butlers (Secretary) $0 $0
Melissa Vipperman (Board Member) $0 $0
Jennifer Cook (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on April 15, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$108,534
Expenses
$118,564
Net Income
-$10,030
Net Assets
$12,290
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $108,534
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $12,290
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $12,290
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Katherine Getz (Director) $9,242 $0
Kathryn Combs (Assistant Director) $3,418 $0
Lisa Wilmes (Assistant Director) $2,376 $0
Shelley Allsbrooks (Treasurer) $0 $0
Jill Harvell (Chair) $0 $0
Jane Harley (Secretary) $0 $0
Sharon Gould (Board Member) $0 $0
Anna Moseley (Vice Chair) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on May 10, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$120,375
Expenses
$117,060
Net Income
$3,315
Net Assets
$22,320
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $117,250
97.4%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3,125
2.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $22,320
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $22,320

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$122,003
Expenses
$116,813
Net Income
$5,190
Net Assets
$19,004
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $122,003
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $19,004
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $19,004

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$119,500
Expenses
$114,200
Net Income
$5,300
Net Assets
$13,814
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $119,500
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $13,814
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $13,814

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$120,145
Expenses
$115,657
Net Income
$4,488
Net Assets
$8,514
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $120,145
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,514
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $8,514

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$117,795
Expenses
$118,864
Net Income
-$1,069
Net Assets
$4,026
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $117,795
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,333
Total Liabilities $307
Net Assets $4,026

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$123,828
Expenses
$127,331
Net Income
-$3,503
Net Assets
$5,185
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $123,828
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $5,402
Total Liabilities $217
Net Assets $5,185
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Susan Trautsch (Director) $11,700 $0
Pamela Hudson (Board Member) $0 $0
Barry Vanderpool (President) $0 $0
Gail Fleming (Vice President) $0 $0
Steece Hermanson (Secretary) $0 $0
Sharon Gould (Board Member) $0 $0
Royce Combs (Board Member) $0 $0
Kassie Blanchette (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on May 11, 2016

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$125,818
Expenses
$124,311
Net Income
$1,507
Net Assets
$8,689
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $125,818
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $8,689
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $8,689
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Amanda Herod (Director) $7,500 $0
Susan Trautsch (Director) $4,182 $0
Pamela Hudson (Board Member) $0 $0
Barry Vanderpool (President) $0 $0
Gail Fleming (Vice President) $0 $0
Steece Hermanson (Secretary) $0 $0
Sharon Gould (Board Member) $0 $0
Royce Combs (Board Member) $0 $0
Kassie Blanchette (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 3, 2015

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$122,407
Expenses
$134,457
Net Income
-$12,050
Net Assets
$7,182
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $122,407
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $7,569
Total Liabilities $387
Net Assets $7,182
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Amanda Herod (Executive Director) $10,500 $0
Pamela Hudson (Executive Director) $7,500 $0
Barry Vanderpool (President) $0 $0
Gail Fleming (Vice President) $0 $0
Royce Combs (Secretary) $0 $0
Sharon Gould (Treasurer) $0 $0
Steece Hermanson (Board Member) $0 $0
+ View more people

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on July 31, 2014

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$134,276
Expenses
$131,286
Net Income
$2,990
Net Assets
$19,232
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $134,276
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $19,636
Total Liabilities $404
Net Assets $19,232

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$124,565
Expenses
$131,584
Net Income
-$7,019
Net Assets
$16,242
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $124,565
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $16,714
Total Liabilities $472
Net Assets $16,242

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »

Byline

By Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu and Brandon Roberts.
Design by Jeff Frankl. Additional development by Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, and Sisi Wei.

E-file viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson. Code for scraping audit documents adapated from Govwiki.

Updated