Carolina Childrens Home
Donations deductibleRevenue
$347k
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$377k
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$5.9m
$1k liabilities
Net assets
$5.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.3 years on average
Staff
1
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Jeff Manning
Left since last filing
4
33% of the board
Carolina Childrens Home's network
12 people5 organisationsi12 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Manning Chair | Chair | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Allen Bridges | Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Betsy Roof | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Charlotte Galloway | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Julian Ruff | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Libby Gober | Executive Dir. | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Margaret Dibiase | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Matthew Roberts | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Russ Purdy | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Stephen Creech | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Susan Douglas | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tim Brooks | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| John Kessler | Executive Dir. | 2018 |
| Libby Gober | Executive Dir. | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Gober | Executive Dir. | 40 | $19k | ||
| Stephen Creech | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Roberts | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Margaret DiBiase | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Julian Ruff | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Allen Bridges | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charlotte Galloway | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Betsy Roof | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Russ Purdy | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Manning | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tim Brooks | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Susan Douglas | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Carolina Childrens Home
- EIN
- 570314368
- Address
- Po Box 4465, Columbia, SC, 29240-4465
- State
- South Carolina
- Mission
- The mission of Carolina Children's Home is to meet the under-served mental and physical health needs of children, young adults, and their families (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P70 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1909
- Principal officer
- Libby Gober (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1947
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAllen Bridges
≥8years on the filingsMatthew Roberts
≥8years on the filingsStephen Creech
≥5years on the filingsJeff Manning
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $5.9m
- Total liabilities
- $1k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $5.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $25k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $333k
- Employees
- 1
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $645k | $432k | $213k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
14 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Place Childrens She | Onsite Resident Counselor | $25k |
| Growing Home Southeast | Case Management Staff for New Progr | $22k |
| Healthy Learners | Support Program Expansion | $22k |
| Mental Illness Recovery Cente | Support Program Expansion | $20k |
| Pathways to Healing | Support Program Expansion | $20k |
| Carolina Therapeutic Riding | Support Program Expansion | $17k |
| Epworth Childrens Home | Support Program Expansion | $17k |
| Homeless No More | Support Program Expansion | $12k |
| Christian Assistance Bridge | Support Program Expansion | $10k |
| Mt Horeb UMC | Support Program Expansion | $10k |
| The Courage Center | Support Program Expansion | $10k |
| The Ezekiel Center Inc | Support Program Expansion | $10k |
| Youth Corps | Support Students from Lower Income | $10k |
| McGregor Presbyterian Church | $6k |