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Nc Counts Coalition

NC COUNTS COALITION (the coalition) is a nonpartisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization committed to building a healthy, just, and equitable north carolina through cross-sector partnerships that advance systemic solutions for communities facing systemic barriers, including bipoc communities, lgbtq+, low-wealth, immigrant, and other…

$458k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.7MHuman Services$1.7MCommunity Improvement$746kYouth Development$665kReligion$533kFood & Nutrition$517kArts & Culture$457kPublic Benefit$311kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $369,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $458,150 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $88,850 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $309k
$19,700
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIDXS WESTERN NC$34,700
CENTER FOR PARTICIPATORY CHANGE$29,250
CENTRO COMUNITARIO HISPANO-AMERICANO$29,250
EL CENTRO OF HENDERSON COUNTY$27,750
COLLABORATIVE LA MILPA$27,000
VECINOS INC$25,250
HOLA CAROLINA$24,700
TRUE RIDGE$24,700
UNETE INC$24,250
ABIPA$24,250
CENTRO UNIDO LATINO AMERICANO$19,700
THIRTIETH JUDCIAL DISTRICT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-SEXUAL ASSUALT ALLIANCE$17,750
SCOTLAND NECK COMMUNITY TASK FORCE$6,750
LILA LATINX LGBTQI INITIATIVE INC$6,200
THE HELP CENTER NC$6,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TRUE RIDGE: $76k → 12%ACCION HISPANA QUE PASA: $53k → 13%LILA LATINX LGBTQI INIATIVE INC: $55k → 13%UNIDXS WESTERN NC: $45k → 14%ULECAN UNION DE LATINOS EN EL ESTE DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE: $20k → 14%THE REACH CENTER: $25k → 15%EL REFUGIO: $32k → 16%JONES COUNTY COMMUNITY HOPE: $43k → 17%SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITYOUTREACHAGENCY INC: $78k → 20%NC FIELD INC: $60k → 21%Accion HIspana Que Pasa: $20k → 8%TRUE RIDGE: $25k → 12%Lila Latinx LGBTQI Iniative Inc: $10k → 13%UNIDXS WESTERN NC: $35k → 14%ULECAN UNION DE LATINOS EN EL ESTE DE CAROLINA DEL NORTE: $6k → 14%THE WRIGHT'S CENTER INC: $63k → 15%JONES COUNTY COMMUNITY HOPE: $40k → 17%SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $48k → 20%NC Field Inc: $40k → 21%UNETE INC: $25k → 12%TRUE RIDGE: $54k → 12%UNIDXS WESTERN NC: $10k → 14%THE WRIGHT'S CENTER INC: $54k → 15%NC FIELD INC: $10k → 21%Robeson County Church and CommunityCenter: $19k → 26%UNETE INC: $24k → 12%Shackle Free CommunityOutreachAgency Inc: $8k → 20%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY: $18k → 26%True Ridge: $13k → 12%COLLABORATIVE LA MILPA: $27k → 12%BETHESDA CENTER: $7k → 15%DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRY: $57k → 20%The Wrights Center Inc: $20k → 15%Duplin Christian Outreach Ministries: $28k → 20%LILA LATINX LGBTQI INIATIVE INC: $47k → 11%COLABORATIVE LA MILPA: $26k → 12%DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $26k → 20%Helping All People Excel Inc: $57k → 20%Latin American Coalition: $22k → 10%HELPING ALL PEOPLE EXCEL INC: $32k → 20%Helping All People Excel Inc: $20k → 20%LILA LATINX LGBTQI INITIATIVE INC: $6k → 11%El Pueblo Inc: $35k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 65 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

65 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
61

Total granted

$7.2M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

68%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • VECINOS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $417k · revenue ×12
  • HC
    Hola Carolina
    4× · 2021–2024 · $356k · revenue +3% · 30% of their budget
  • MA
    MONTAGNARD ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $180k · revenue +175%

Funded once

  • BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2020 · $311k · revenue -69%
  • U
    U2U
    one grant, 2023 · $90k
  • BA
    Black Alliance
    one grant, 2021 · $65k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Carolina Empowerment Organization
Civil Rights
2
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
3
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
4
North Carolina Latino Power

The mission of NC Latino Power is to build and expand political and civic participation among Latino citizens of North Carolina through leadership training, voter education, and organizing within faith and community institutions.

Education
5
Nc Local Inc

Expands local news across North Carolina

Civil Rights
6
Refugee Hope Partners Inc

To engage, equip, and encourage our refugee neighbors so that all may thrive.

Human Services
7
Embrace All Latino Voices

To provide equitable social navigation services and programs to low income communities advancing access to essential resources health and economic stability

Human Services
8
Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc

To promote the self-reliance of women by assessing needs, providing services, and acting as a gateway to community resources; to seek solutions for unmet needs by providing strategic leadership through collaboration and partnerships within…

Human Services
9
North Carolina Community of Coalitions

The NC Carolina Community Coalitions (NC3) mission is to empower, enable and support community associations and organizations in their efforts to revitalize and improve the holistic quality of life for residents and others who work and…

Community Improvement
10
Heal Charlotte

Heal Charlotte is a community based organization that provides youth development programming (in-school, after school, and summer camps), adult training workshops (financial literacy, job training), rental assistance and eviction…

Human Services
11
Enlace Latino Nc Inc

Enlace latino nc is north carolina's first nonprofit digital news organization in spanish. our mission is to empower the diverse community of latinx immigrants in north carolina to become more involved in the political and social changes…

Arts & Culture
12
Black Child Development Institute-Carolinas

"Advance equity in education and child development for children and families."

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Carolina Farmworkers' Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Helping Hands Usa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

84 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 84 of the 129 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

24
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/84
Grantees still filing
48/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A BETTER CHANCE A BETTER COMMUNITY: $286,304 · OtherA BETTER CHANCE A BETTER COMMUNITYLITTLE WASHINGTON GROWING GROUP: $236,710 · OtherLITTLE WASHINGTON GROWING GROUPPELETAH MINISTRIES: $210,484 · OtherMONTAGNARD ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $180,283 · OtherLA SEMILLA NFC UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $179,788 · OtherCAREE: $158,410 · OtherASSOCIACION DE MEXICANOS EN CAROLINA DEL NORT: $172,661 · OtherGANG FREE INC: $155,201 · Other+64 more: $2,687,717 · Other+64 moreTrue Ridge: $167,462 · Human ServicesTrue RidgeTHE WRIGHT'S CENTER INC: $137,208 · Human ServicesTHE WRIGHT'S CENTE…SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC: $132,982 · Human ServicesSHACKLE FREE COMMU…LILA Latinx LGBTQI Initiative Inc: $118,400 · Human ServicesLILA Latinx LGBTQI…DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $111,288 · Human ServicesDUPLIN CHRISTIAN O…NC Field Inc: $109,700 · Human ServicesNC Field IncHELPING ALL PEOPLE EXCEL INC: $109,124 · Human ServicesHELPING ALL PEOPLE…Unidxs Western North Carolina: $89,800 · Human ServicesUnidxs Western Nor…JONES COUNTY COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $83,308 · Human ServicesJONES COUNTY COMMU…ACCION HISPANA - QUE PASA: $72,750 · Human ServicesColaborativa La Milpa: $53,000 · Human ServicesUNETE INC: $49,250 · Human Services+8 more: $207,456 · Human Services+8 moreVECINOS INC: $417,483 · HealthVECINOS INCNARIAHS WAY FOUNDATION: $131,520 · HealthNARIAHS WAY FO…LIONEL LEE JR CENTER FOR WELLNESS: $108,677 · HealthLIONEL LEE JR …CUMBERLAND HEALTHNET INC: $99,955 · HealthCUMBERLAND HEA…LA FAMILIA COMMUNITY HEALTH IN: $94,364 · HealthLA FAMILIA COM…PROJECT 70FORWARD: $77,200 · HealthPROJECT 70FORW…ADVOCACY HOUSE SERVICES INC: $67,380 · HealthADVOCACY HOUSE…SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $59,367 · HealthASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE INSTITUE OF PARITY ACHIEVEMENT: $45,250 · Health+2 more: $32,000 · HealthFUERZA Y UNION MULTIPLE: $204,200 · Community ImprovementALAMANCE DREAM CENTER INC: $136,895 · Community ImprovementCommunities In Partnership: $94,414 · Community ImprovementGARNER ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER: $58,824 · Community ImprovementCENTRO COMUNITARIO HISPANO- AMERICANO INC: $54,250 · Community ImprovementCenter for Participatory Change: $49,250 · Community ImprovementUNIFOUR ONE INC: $47,500 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $311,050 · EducationMAN UP MONDAY INC: $155,150 · EducationNEXT IN LINE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CEN: $26,500 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA BLACK ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Education+4 more: $45,337 · EducationHola Carolina: $356,250 · Arts & CultureCentro Unido Latino Americano: $65,078 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureImmersion for Spanish Language Acq: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSCOTLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACT-SO: $183,838 · Youth DevelopmentFUTURE ENDEAVORS LIFE PROGRAM: $117,166 · Youth DevelopmentHOLLA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $89,550 · Youth DevelopmentKinston Teens Inc: $50,500 · Youth DevelopmentCONETOE FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,267,558Human Services$1,441,728Health$1,133,196Community Improvement$680,333Education$558,037Arts & Culture$478,328Youth Development$466,054

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVECINOS INC: $417,483 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHola Carolina: $356,250 over 4y, 30% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $311,050 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFUERZA Y UNION MULTIPLE: $204,200 over 3y, 30% of budgetSCOTLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACT-SO: $183,838 over 4y, 95% of budgetMONTAGNARD ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $180,283 over 3y, 22% of budgetASSOCIACION DE MEXICANOS EN CAROLINA DEL NORT: $172,661 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetTrue Ridge: $167,462 over 4y, 22% of budgetGANG FREE INC: $155,201 over 2y, 46% of budgetMAN UP MONDAY INC: $155,150 over 3y, 75% of budgetTHE WRIGHT'S CENTER INC: $137,208 over 3y, 18% of budgetALAMANCE DREAM CENTER INC: $136,895 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetSHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC: $132,982 over 3y, 27% of budgetNARIAHS WAY FOUNDATION: $131,520 over 4y, 45% of budgetThe Caraway Foundation: $130,124 over 4y, 49% of budgetSANDHILLS COOPERATION ASSOCIATION: $118,829 over 3y, 54% of budgetLILA Latinx LGBTQI Initiative Inc: $118,400 over 4y, 46% of budgetFUTURE ENDEAVORS LIFE PROGRAM: $117,166 over 4y, 94% of budgetLITTLE ROCK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $114,433 over 2y, 35% of budgetEBC-ATOM(A TOTAL OUTREACH MINISTRY)PROJECT: $112,224 over 3y, 68% of budgetDUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $111,288 over 3y, 20% of budgetNC Field Inc: $109,700 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetHELPING ALL PEOPLE EXCEL INC: $109,124 over 3y, 51% of budgetLIONEL LEE JR CENTER FOR WELLNESS: $108,677 over 3y, 74% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $100,936 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCUMBERLAND HEALTHNET INC: $99,955 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCommunities In Partnership: $94,414 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetLA FAMILIA COMMUNITY HEALTH IN: $94,364 over 2y, 70% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ASIAN AMERICANS TOGETHER: $90,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUnidxs Western North Carolina: $89,800 over 3y, 23% of budgetHOLLA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $89,550 over 3y, 36% of budgetJONES COUNTY COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $83,308 over 2y, 43% of budgetPROJECT 70FORWARD: $77,200 over 3y, 64% of budgetACCION HISPANA - QUE PASA: $72,750 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetADVOCACY HOUSE SERVICES INC: $67,380 over 2y, 82% of budgetCentro Unido Latino Americano: $65,078 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetN C A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $59,367 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARNER ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER: $58,824 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetCENTRO COMUNITARIO HISPANO- AMERICANO INC: $54,250 over 2y, 17% of budgetColaborativa La Milpa: $53,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetADLA INC: $51,924 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetKinston Teens Inc: $50,500 over 2y, 33% of budgetCenter for Participatory Change: $49,250 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNETE INC: $49,250 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetWAR4LIFE WE ARE READY 4 LIFE: $45,996 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE INSTITUE OF PARITY ACHIEVEMENT: $45,250 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DV - SA ALLIANCE INC: $42,750 over 2y, 1.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Blueprint North Carol…Z Smith Reynolds Foun…North Carolina Commun…The Conservation Fund…Hispanic Federation I…Community Foundation …Food Bank of Central …Community-Campus Part…Dogwood Health TrustNEO Philanthropy IncPartners in Health a …Blue Cross and Blue S…
Blueprint North CarolinaNC94.9× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blueprint North Carolina · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Hispanic Federation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc · Community-Campus Partnerships for Health · Dogwood Health Trust · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nc Counts Coalition funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nc Counts Coalition. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Nc Counts Coalition?

    Find your warmest path to Nc Counts Coalition through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 129 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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