philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify yourself
Sign in

Action Institute NC

Tax-deductible

Durham, NC501(c)(3)EIN 56-1088116Revenue $1.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRS305 E Chapel Hill St, 27701-3301 · Durham, NCTax-exempt since Aug 1975Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more)

What claiming does How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

We work for greater racial, gender and economic equity through popular education, grassroots organizing and mobilization, training and leadership development, and increased voter participation

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 70 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

Before you give

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $92K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$57K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$87K
121% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 121% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.0M
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
69%
Net assets
−$15K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2024▼ -13%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$845K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.0M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -5%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
−$15K
FY2024▼ -116%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$122K
FY2021$326K
FY2022$103K
FY2023$94K
FY2024−$15K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1975.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $773K Management & general 27% · $307K Fundraising 4% · $43K

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

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $57K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Alexander McCoy
Executive Director
$57,173Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Carolyn Rogers
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alexander McCoy$57,173$60,720$60,660$54,023$56,926

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Action Institute NC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

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 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Empowers communities for racial, gender, and economic justice through education, organizing, and voter participation.

Questions for Action Institute NC

Tap to ask. Action Institute NC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Action Institute NC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $539K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Voting Rights and Engagement

Action institute NC works on its own and with allies on voting rights, redistricting, and electoral reforms. We continued to work with a coalition that monitors legislative developments on voting rights and redistricting.

$266Kprogram expense
02

Civil Rights

Our civil rights organizing work falls into several broad categories- criminal justice reform and police accountability, immigrant rights, and racial and gender equity. On criminal justice issues, we worked with community partners and city leaders on funding and implementing violence interruption and crisis intervention programs that we…

$170Kprogram expense
03

Social Safety Net

Healthcare access remains a major focus of our grassroots organizing work, with our priority issues being medicaid expansion, lowering prescription drug costs, and expanding the reach of the affordable care act.

$103Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Hispanic Federation INCFY2025$20K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $34K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$34,148

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

Download 990
from philanthropy.org
1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$773K
Managementcol C$307K
Fundraisingcol D$43K
Owns and owesPt X
−$15K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$37K
Total assetsLn 16$72K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$37K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$37K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$72K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
Net assetsLn 32−$15K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$174K$37K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$209K$72K
LiabilitiesLn 26$115K$87K
Net assetsLn 32$94K−$15K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$75K$75K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$57K$46K$8K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$585K$483K$71K$31K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$125K$68K$51K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$51K$43K$5K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$59K$18K$41K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$155$8K
OccupancyLn 16$39K$1K$38K
TravelLn 17$57K$20K$37K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$5K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$13$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$12K$9K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$773K$307K$43K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.0M$1.1M−$109K−$15K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.2M−$14K$94K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$1.5M−$223K$103K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$1.2M$90K$326K 990 PDF
FY2020 $845K$1.1M−$206K$122K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,013,393 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,169,592$1,013,393
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 $1,169,592$1,013,393
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $14,893$74,651
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $832,864$818,000
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $335,364$230,096
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,183,121$1,122,747
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$13,529−$109,354
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,013,393 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,013,393
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,013,393
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,013,393
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,122,747 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $74,651$74,651
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $46,233 · Management $7,974 · Fundraising $2,966$57,173
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $482,774 · Management $70,924 · Fundraising $30,941$584,639
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $68,413 · Management $50,733 · Fundraising $6,144$125,290
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,059 · Management $5,134 · Fundraising $2,705$50,898
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $30,419$30,419
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,757 · Management $41,347$59,104
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,876 · Management $2,413$4,289
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $155 · Management $7,883$8,038
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,332 · Management $37,856$39,188
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,418 · Management $36,559$56,977
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,551 · Management $3,101$7,652
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13 · Management $3,498$3,511
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $11,691 · Management $9,227 · Fundraising $0$20,918
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $772,923 · Management $307,068 · Fundraising $42,756$1,122,747
Part X · Balance sheet $71,693 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $174,456$37,183
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,550$32,550
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,960$1,960
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $208,966$71,693
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,909$42,895
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $85,428$30,523
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $114,937$87,018
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $94,029−$15,325
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $94,029−$15,325
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $208,966$71,693
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$15,325 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,013,393
XI-2 Total expenses$1,122,747
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$109,354
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$94,029
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$15,325

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.