Make North Carolina First FY2020 filing

Raleigh, NCUnknown exempt organizationSince 2013EIN 46-3981642Revenue $6.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRSPo Box 648 · Raleigh, NC

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Make North Carolina First conducts research, sponsors educational activities and events, and disseminates accurate and timely information to promote the general public's understanding of ways to maintain and improve North Carolina's common good, quality of life and social welfare.

95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $200K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $9.5M
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 2 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 2 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
Spent
$6.1M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$621K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.4M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$13.3M
FY2025$6.1M
Expenses
$6.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.1M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$12.8M
FY2025$5.4M
Net assets
$621K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$621K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$336K
FY2023$328K
FY2024$823K
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $5.9M Management & general 5% · $282K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
General Counsel, Secretary, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes North Carolina's common good through research, education, and information sharing.

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1 program · $5.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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During this fiscal year, Make North Carolina First sponsored educational activities and disseminated information concerning social issues and topics important to North Carolinians including North Carolina's education system, environmental issues, voter registration and voter representation.

$5.9Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
America VotesFY2024$2.1M
North FundFY2024$1.2M
Tides FoundationFY2024$225K
Total grants receivedfrom 15 funders$9.5M
See all 15 funders →
Grants paid · 81 grants · $28.9M · 2019–2024
Rally NCNC · FY2024$915,000
NC Democratic Party Legal Defense FundFY2024$800,000
North Carolina Families FirstFY2024$600,000
Progress North Carolina ActionNC · FY2024$525,000
The Justice Project ActionMA · FY2024$371,000
Justice for NCNC · FY2024$365,000
Down Home North CarolinaIL · FY2024$277,500
Mi Familia VotaAZ · FY2024$175,000
Ncaat in ActionNC · FY2024$90,000
Red Wine & BlueOH · FY2024$50,000
Carolina FederationNC · FY2024$32,000
Flip NCFY2024$30,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$27,000
Working Families Party PacFY2024$20,000
North Carolina Families FirstFY2023$5,290,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Money outPt IX
$6.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.9M
Managementcol C$282K
Owns and owesPt X
$621K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$621K
Total assetsLn 16$621K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a2
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$621K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$621K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$621K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$621K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$319K$621K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$319K$621K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$319K$621K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5.8M$5.8M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$232K$0$232K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$26K$0$26K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$0$23K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$0$1K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K$15K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.1M$5.9M$282K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $6.1M$5.4M$696K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $13.3M$12.8M$495K$823K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.9M$2.9M−$8K$328K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$2.7M−$232K$336K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$2.1M−$54K$567K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $6.4M$6.1M$302K$621K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,436,212 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,758,629$6,436,212
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,758,629$6,436,212
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,222,000$5,836,850
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $271,662$297,482
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,493,662$6,134,332
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$735,033$301,880
Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,436,212 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,436,212
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,436,212
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,436,212
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,134,332 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,836,850$5,836,850
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $232,000 · Fundraising $0$232,000
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $26,133 · Fundraising $0$26,133
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $22,620 · Fundraising $0$22,620
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $1,420 · Fundraising $0$1,420
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,309 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$15,309
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,852,159 · Management $282,173 · Fundraising $0$6,134,332
Part X · Balance sheet $620,878 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $318,998$620,878
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $318,998$620,878
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $318,998$620,878
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $318,998$620,878
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $318,998$620,878
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $620,878 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,436,212
XI-2 Total expenses$6,134,332
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$301,880
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$318,998
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$620,878

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