Emancipate NC INC

Tax-deductible

Durham, NC501(c)(3)Since 1975Crime & LegalEIN 59-1755809Revenue $1.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSemancipatenc.orgPo Box 309, 27702-0309 · Durham, NCTax-exempt since Aug 1977Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Through community education, narrative shift, and litigation Emancipate NC supports North Carolinas people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 12 employees.
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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $229K a year · 19% 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
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $609K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 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
$1.3M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$726K
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$381K
FY2021$550K
FY2022$830K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.4M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2025▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$826K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1977.

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

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $1.1M Management & general 12% · $167K Fundraising 8% · $108K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristie Puckett Williams’s $3K as Board Secretary/Treasurer is at the 0th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1148 $1–10M crime & legal 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.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Frees North Carolinians from mass incarceration and racism through education, storytelling, and legal action.

Provided by the organization

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Through community education, narrative shift, and litigation Emancipate NC supports North Carolinas people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.

$1.1Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 15 funders$609K
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Grants paid · 11 grants · $315K · 2020–2025
Church of Extinction RebellionFY2025$25,000
Opencollective FoundationCA · FY2025$1,000
Church of Extinction RebellionFY2024$41,650
Southern Vision AllianceNC · FY2024$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$31,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,550
Unitemized GrantFY2021$24,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$125,400

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$161K
Investment incomeLn 3$23K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$167K
Fundraisingcol D$108K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$585K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$161K
Investment incomeLn 3$23K
Other incomeLn 4–11$45
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$28K
SavingsLn 2$557K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$585K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$962K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$736K$585K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$880K$962K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$26K$26K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$121K$85K$12K$24K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$837K$718K$93K$27K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$31K$30K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$77K$65K$9K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$16K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$34K$34K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$142K$99K$1K$42K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$4K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$17K$9K$7K$648
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$20K$20K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$20K$19K$1K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$10K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$46K$40K$3K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e−$3−$1−$2
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.1M$167K$108K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.3M$1.4M−$89K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.3M−$129K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.2M−$54K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$830K$747K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $726K$550K$176K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$381K$723K$826K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,327,077 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,154,428$1,142,552
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,000$161,101
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $32,942$23,379
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $64$45
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,202,434$1,327,077
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $51,750$26,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $905,132$1,066,297
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $374,454$323,799
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,331,336$1,416,096
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$128,902−$89,019
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,327,077 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $45 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,142,552
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,142,552
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$161,101
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23,379$23,379
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $23,379$1,327,077
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,416,096 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $26,000$26,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,672 · Management $12,096 · Fundraising $24,192$120,960
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $717,569 · Management $92,791 · Fundraising $26,752$837,112
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $29,745 · Management $1,191$30,936
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $64,628 · Management $8,640 · Fundraising $4,021$77,289
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $16,308$16,308
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $34,018$34,018
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesFundraising $8,628$8,628
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $98,990 · Management $1,000 · Fundraising $42,108$142,098
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,079$1,079
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,286 · Management $1,352$5,638
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,833 · Management $7,065 · Fundraising $648$16,546
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $1,950$1,950
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,966$19,966
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $19,097 · Management $1,338$20,435
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,565 · Management $1,919$11,484
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $40,063 · Management $3,470 · Fundraising $2,119$45,652
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms −$1 · Management −$2−$3
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,140,800 · Management $166,828 · Fundraising $108,468$1,416,096
Part X · Balance sheet $1,594,974 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $246,118$27,739
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $489,648$557,193
X-4 Accounts receivable$47,819
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $880,310$962,223
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,616,076$1,594,974
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,163$2,500
X-25 Other liabilities$9
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,163$2,509
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,560,913$1,507,646
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,000$84,819
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,610,913$1,592,465
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,616,076$1,594,974
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,592,465 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,327,077
XI-2 Total expenses$1,416,096
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$89,019
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,610,913
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$70,571
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,592,465

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

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