Carolina Federation

Not tax-deductible

Durham, NC501(c)(4)Since 2018Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 83-0936641Revenue $2.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRScarolinafederation.orgPo Box 61113, 27715-1113 · Durham, NCTax-exempt since Feb 2019

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The Carolina Federation is a statewide organization that brings people together across race to build a new political majority in north Carolina - one rooted in a culture of belonging and strong enough to win elections and wield governing power in our state.

66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,299 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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)(4)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $559K a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 95% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $2.3M
Looks good: 16 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$45K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.8M
-28% vs prior year
Spent
$3.1M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$3.4M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2025▼ -28%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$2.8M
Expenses
$3.1M
FY2025▲ +208%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$454K
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$3.1M
Net assets
$3.4M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$444K
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$734K
FY2024$3.7M
FY2025$3.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Feb 2019.

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

Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $2.0M Management & general 29% · $889K Fundraising 5% · $148K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Co-Director
$45,317Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
$36,966Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer (from 4/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Frye’s $45K as Co-Director is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Sendolo Diaminah$36,966$40,302$59,937$60,000
Theodore Luebke———$60,000
Theodore Luekbe——$58,260—
Jennifer Frye$45,317$49,203$32,432—

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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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

Hosts intensive leadership development trainings for staff and members.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Ran innovative organizer in training program

$681Kprogram expense
02

Completed successful community-led issue campaigns in chapter counties: forsyth, guilford, durham and new hanover

$681Kprogram expense
03

Hosted intensive leadership development trainings for staff and members

$681Kprogram 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
Tides AdvocacyFY2024$183K
Total grants receivedfrom 16 funders$2.3M
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Money outPt IX
$3.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$889K
Fundraisingcol D$148K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Gains on assetsLn 7$4
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
Other assetsLn 15$46K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 62,299
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$2.7M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$90K$45K
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M$3.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$8K$8K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$148K$139K$6K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$819K$338K$108K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$129K$89K$28K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$107K$73K$26K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$165K$113K$39K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$118K$118K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$144K$107K$36K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$151K$142K$7K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$51K
OccupancyLn 16$165K$165K
TravelLn 17$337K$334K$2K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$153K$153K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$108K$57K$51K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.1M$2.0M$889K$148K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.8M$3.1M−$245K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.0M$1.0M$3.0M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$2.3M−$1.2M$734K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$454K$1.5M$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$1.7M−$213K$444K 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 $2,835,008 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,953,441$2,720,391
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,843$25,898
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,664$88,719
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,959,948$2,835,008
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,000$8,079
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $463,637$1,649,684
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $536,640$1,422,636
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,001,277$3,080,399
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,958,671−$245,391
Part VI · Governance 4 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,835,008 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,720,391
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$13,271
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,720,391
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25,894$25,894
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4$4
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $88,719$88,719
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $114,617$2,835,008
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,080,399 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $8,079$8,079
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $138,829 · Management $6,440 · Fundraising $3,125$148,394
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $818,891 · Management $338,385 · Fundraising $108,177$1,265,453
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $89,038 · Management $27,758 · Fundraising $11,743$128,539
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $72,906 · Management $25,725 · Fundraising $8,667$107,298
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $112,841 · Management $39,260 · Fundraising $13,171$165,272
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,658$10,658
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $118,489$118,489
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $107,456 · Management $36,299$143,755
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,071$9,071
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $142,350 · Management $7,275 · Fundraising $1,375$151,000
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $51,388$51,388
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $165,298$165,298
IX-17 TravelPrograms $334,108 · Management $1,945 · Fundraising $1,371$337,424
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $153,215$153,215
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,124$9,124
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $57,240 · Management $50,702$107,942
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,044,024 · Management $888,746 · Fundraising $147,629$3,080,399
Part X · Balance sheet $3,492,909 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,732,101$3,180,149
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $223,165$108,955
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $828,341$158,182
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$45,623
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,783,607$3,492,909
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $90,476$45,170
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $90,476$45,170
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,527,531$3,021,668
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $165,600$426,071
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,693,131$3,447,739
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,783,607$3,492,909
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,447,739 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,835,008
XI-2 Total expenses$3,080,399
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$245,391
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,693,131
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,447,739

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

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