Advance North Carolina Inc
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What it says it does
TO BUILD POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
- Income
- $3.5 million
- Spending
- $2.7 million
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 6
- Highest pay
- $103,616, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1.9 million spent. ORGANIZING/GOTV: IN 2024, WE INCREASED OUR FOCUS AND EFFORTS ON TOWARDS 365 YEAR-ROUND ORGANIZING IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT IN TARGETED AND DISENFRANCHISED AREAS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE MAPS WERE REDRAWN AS A RESULT OF THE REDISTRICTING EFFORTS. OUR ON THE GROUND EFFORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LAID PREVIOUSLY MEANT THAT WE COULD SPEND LESS CRITICAL TIME BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND LAYING FOUNDATION BUT CAN INSTEAD UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES TO FORTIFY AND EXPAND OUR PROGRAMMING TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND TURNOUT. WE ARE ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WITH STRATEGY TO EXPAND OUR COUNTY AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES BY ENHANCING OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING WITH COUNTY TABLES AND REGIONAL SESSIONS. COMMUNICATING WITH A LOCAL LENS: NARROW POLICY AND ISSUE COMMUNICATION TO ENGAGE LOCAL VOTERS THROUGH COUNTY AND REGIONAL STRUCTURES, DEVELOPING LOCAL NARRATIVES AROUND ISSUES TO AID PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS, WITH AN EMPHASIS IN RURAL COUNTIES. YEAR ROUND ORGANIZING TO MAINTAIN OUR LOCAL PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN COMMUNITIES IN 2023 AND BEYOND BY EXTENDING AND EXPANDING OUR REGIONAL ORGANIZING HARBORS INTO NEW STRATEGIC COUNTIES, PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO CONSISTENT YEAR-ROUND PHYSICAL PRESENCE ACROSS THE STATE IN COMMUNITY. EXPANDING VOLUNTEER BASE: INCREASE THE VOLUNTEER BASE BY CREATING PATHWAYS OF ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ENGAGING LOCAL/STATE ISSUES, ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOODS AND VOTERS WITH SPORADIC VOTING HISTORY AND HOLDING REGULAR EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
- $10,502 spent. ISSUE BASED ADVOCACY / OTHER PRIMARY PURPOSE PROGRAMMING: ANOTHER WAY OF FULFILLING OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE AS AN ORGANIZATION IS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA BY CONNECTING ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS. IN 2024 ADVANCE CAROLINA PRODUCED SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ELECTED OFFICES THAT IMPACT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.
- $7,416 spent. ADVANCE NOTICE: OUR PODCAST ESTABLISHED TO HELP ADDRESS POLICY CONCERNS IN THESE ISSUE AREAS: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, HEALTHCARE, HOMELESSNESS, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THEY ARE RESEARCHED AND RESPONDED TO BY OUR ORGANIZATION. THIS ALLOWS INFORMATION TO BE SHARED ON A DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR MAXIMUM OUTREACH.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: North Carolina Insurance (Raleigh, NC), EIN 23-7102759. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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