Executive Center for Economic & Educational Development INC

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Greenville, NC501(c)(3)EducationEIN 56-2245575Revenue $156K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 8396, 27835-8396 · Greenville, NCTax-exempt since Oct 2001School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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to help increase availability and access to healthy affordable food products in food insecure neighborhoods and communities in rural counties in eastern north carolina.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $50K a year · 26% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$13K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 90% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
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
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$156K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$94K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$291K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$156K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$233K
FY2022$46K
FY2023$141K
FY2024$142K
FY2025$156K
Expenses
$94K
FY2025▼ -76%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$395K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$94K
Net assets
$291K
FY2025▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021−$174K
FY2022$46K
FY2023$117K
FY2024$229K
FY2025$291K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2001.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $60K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990; $13K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$13,000Pt VII · Sec A

Carlton Gay’s $13K as Executive Director is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2022FY2021
Carlton Gay$13,000$18,880$38,599
Danyel Rupert—$3,840—

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.

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Programs and updates

Increases access to healthy, affordable food in rural eastern North Carolina communities.

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2 programs · $215K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Program

food box express community agriculture csa serving over 38,000 snap and low-income participants food boxes are delivered directly to the clients. mid-east senior food box program fees paid.

$203Kprogram expense
02

Program

access connect mobile farmers market operations 5 months per year during the growing season serving the food deserts. the adverage daily participantion is 75 customers.

$12Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$156K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$156K
Money outPt IX
$94K
Ln 25
Programscol B$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$291K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$291K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
1
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$156K
Total revenueLn 12$156K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$291K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$291K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $156K$94K$63K$291K 990 PDF
FY2024 $142K$229K 990 PDF
FY2023 $141K$117K 990 PDF
FY2022 $46K$46K 990 PDF
FY2021 $233K$395K−$162K−$174K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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