# Early Encounters Inc

Hattiesburg, Mississippi. EIN 72-1344024.
Exempt and current.

Source: IRS public records as of October 13, 2026, as shown by the Alleviate Index. https://index.alleviate.org/org/early-encounters-inc-721344024

## At a glance

Figures come from the organization’s Form 990 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, as recorded by the IRS.

- Revenue: $1,089,607 (FY2024)
- Assets: $728,519 (Year end)
- Required return: None required (The IRS file shows no annual return requirement)
- Fiscal year: January to December (Ends in December)
- Focus: Child day care (NTEE P33, human services)
- Charity type: Publicly supported (509(a)(2))

## What is due, and when

The IRS file shows no annual return requirement for this organization, so there are no federal dates to list.

- Annual: Mississippi charitable solicitation registration. Charities that solicit in Mississippi register with the state and renew each year, unless exempt. It is due by the 15th day of the fifth month after the fiscal year ends. An extension is available. For a fiscal year ending in December, that is May 15. Regulator: Charities Division, Mississippi Secretary of State (https://www.sos.ms.gov/charities).

## When each return reached the IRS

From IRS records of electronically filed returns. The IRS record date is the date in the IRS’s own record of each return. It is not a legal filing date, and extensions are not public.

| Fiscal year | Form | IRS record date | Due date | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FY2024 | Form 990 | May 13, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | On or before the due date |
| FY2023 | Form 990 | November 6, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |  |
| FY2022 | Form 990 | November 15, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |  |
| FY2021 | Form 990 | November 14, 2022 | May 16, 2022 |  |

Returns for fiscal years before 2021, and returns the IRS record cannot date, are not listed.

## What the IRS lists say

Three IRS lists, read each month. This is a display of what they show, not a determination of status.

- Exempt status: Listed as exempt. The IRS list of exempt organizations. As of October 13, 2026.
- Deductible donations: Listed. The IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax deductible contributions. Listed with code PC (public charity). As of October 13, 2026.
- Automatic revocation: Not on the list. The IRS list of organizations whose exemption was revoked for not filing three years in a row. As of October 13, 2026.

## Against Mississippi human services organizations of similar size

90 public charities share this focus and state with revenue between $500K and $5M on a recent return. The shaded band is the middle half of the group.

Revenue scale from $500K to $5M. Early Encounters Inc at $1.09M, peer median at $1.06M.

- Revenue rank: 55th percentile (Among the 90 peers)
- Assets held: About 8 months (Of annual revenue, from public figures)
- Age: About the typical age (Approved 2000; the median peer, 2002)

## What public data cannot tell you

A 990 shows money in and money out. It cannot show whether programs, outcomes, funding and compliance live in one place, or how long a funder report takes to produce. The five pillars below are scored only by the organization itself.

- Mission & Strategic Clarity: Unscored
- Stakeholders & Positioning: Unscored
- Programs & Program Design: Unscored
- Evidence, Data & Storytelling: Unscored
- Systems, Governance & Readiness: Unscored

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