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North Carolina Black Alliance Inc

The North Carolina Black Alliance (NCBA) works toward state-level systemic change by strengthening the network of elected officials representing communities of color throughout the state and collaborating with progressive, grassroots networks on intersecting issues.

$490k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$96kReligion$95kEducation$88kArts & Culture$56kPublic Benefit$51kCrime & Legal$50kCivil Rights$40kCommunity Improvement$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $265,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $490,312 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $224,612 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 $10k5 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $229k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORD TABERNACLE CHURCH$40,000
ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC$20,000
WALLS PRODUCTION$16,000
FOUNDATION FOR NC A&T ST UNIV$15,000
WAYNE OMEGA UPLIFT FOUNDATION$15,000
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIV$13,000
THE APPLE OF HIS EYE APOSTOLI$10,000
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CIVIC$10,000
GLOBAL REDEMPTION ENTERPRISES$10,000
ROOTFUL MEDIA$10,000
BENNETT COLLEGE$10,000
HEARO INC$10,000
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVER$10,000
SHAW UNIVERSITY$10,000
GOLDSBORO WAYNE NAACP$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE: $10k → 8%HEARO INC: $10k → 9%DUKE UNIVERSITY JOHN HOPE: $10k → 10%THE RURAL BEACON INITIATIVE L: $10k → 11%TW2: $10k → 13%EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CIVIC: $10k → 14%UAW LOCAL 5287: $10k → 14%WORD TABERNACLE CHURCH: $40k → 15%GLOBAL REDEMPTION ENTERPRISES: $10k → 15%SALISBURY-ROWAN NAACP: $10k → 15%FAYETTEVILLE ALUMNAE DELTA: $10k → 16%BENNETT COLLEGE: $10k → 16%WAYNE OMEGA UPLIFT FOUNDATION: $15k → 18%THE CENTER FOR ENERGY EDUCATI: $8k → 20%COOL SPRING MISSIONARY BAPTIS: $10k → 20%WARREN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL A: $8k → 21%KINSTON TEENS INC: $10k → 21%SHAW UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%HEARO INC: $10k → 9%WALLS PRODUCTION: $16k → 10%THE RURAL BEACON INITIATIVE L: $10k → 11%EASTERN NC CIVIC GROUP: $10k → 14%GLOBAL REDEMPTION ENTERPRISES: $10k → 15%LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE: $8k → 15%BENNETT COLLEGE: $10k → 16%GOLDSBORO WAYNE NAACP: $10k → 18%A BETTER CHANCE A BETTER COMM: $10k → 20%WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP CHURC: $9k → 8%JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $8k → 10%ROOTFUL MEDIA: $10k → 11%WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSIT: $6k → 15%BENNETT COLLEGE: $10k → 16%LINCOLN HEIGHT COMMUNITY: $10k → 20%WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP CHURC: $7k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIV: $13k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR NC A&T ST UNIV: $15k → 16%NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVER: $10k → 11%NC A&T STATE UNIV: $10k → 16%THE APPLE OF HIS EYE APOSTOLI: $20k → 16%THE APPLE OF HIS EYE APOSTOLI: $10k → 16%MAJOR TAYLOR COMMUNITY OUTREA: $10k → 16%THE APPLE OF HIS EYE APOSTOLI: $10k → 16%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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$250k · 8 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
13

Total granted

$250k
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+47%

Still filing today

50%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • Emancipate NC Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +19%
  • TA
    THE APPLE OF HIS EYE MINISTRY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $40k · 28% of their budget
  • EN
    EASTERN NC CIVIC GROUP
    3× · 2022–2024 · $40k

Funded once

  • SD
    SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +100%
  • CC
    COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +100%
  • FA
    FAYETTEVILLE ALUMNAE DELTA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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 State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
2
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
3
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

To support, represent and advocate for north carolina independent higher education.

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
6
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
7
North Carolina State University Alumni Association Inc

The nc state alumni association engages alumni and friends through programs and services that foster pride and enhance a lifelong connection to nc state university ("nc state").

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8
East Carolina University Alumni Association Inc

To inform, involve and serve members of the ecu family throughout their lifelong relationship with the university through the promotion of goodwill and recognition of students and alumni.

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9
Tougaloo College

The College is an institution of higher education and provides instruction and various support services in achieving its purpose.

Education
10
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
11
Carolina University

A christ-centered university committed to exceptional teaching, scholarly research, creative innovation, and professional collaboration.

Education
12
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Apple of His Eye Ministry. 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

18 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. 18 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORD TABERNACLE CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherWORD TABERNACLE CHURCHEASTERN NC CIVIC GROUP: $40,000 · OtherEASTERN NC CIVIC GROUPThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $25,000 · OtherThe Foundation for NC A&T State UniversityGLOBAL REDEMPTION ENTERPRISES: $20,000 · OtherGLOBAL REDEMPTION ENTERPRISESHEARO: $20,000 · OtherHEAROWALLS PRODUCTION: $16,000 · OtherWORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherWAYNE OMEGA UPLIFT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · Other+14 more: $131,700 · Other+14 moreBENNETT COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationBENNETT COLLEG…THE SHAW UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationTHE SHAW UNIVE…NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSIT…Livingstone College: $7,500 · EducationLivingstone Co…JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationJOHNSON C SMIT…Emancipate NC Inc: $60,000 · Crime & LegalEmancipate …THE APPLE OF HIS EYE MINISTRY: $40,000 · ReligionSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $10,500 · Public Benefit
Other$335,700Education$75,000Crime & Legal$60,000Religion$40,000Arts & Culture$30,000Community Improvement$20,000Public Benefit$10,500

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 budgetEmancipate NC Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE APPLE OF HIS EYE MINISTRY: $40,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetBENNETT COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHAW UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Union UAW LOCAL 5287: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE-GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKinston Teens Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENERGY EDUCATION FKA SOLAR CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLivingstone College: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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…North Carolina Commun…Bvm Capacity Building…Foundation for the Ca…Educational Credit Ma…Duke Energy FoundationNorth Carolina Coalit…National Center for T…Tom Joyner Foundation…Duke UniversityZ Smith Reynolds Foun…Triangle Community Fo…
Blueprint North CarolinaNC21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blueprint North Carolina · North Carolina Community Foundation · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Duke Energy Foundation · North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault Inc · National Center for Teacher Residencies · Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Duke University · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc

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 North Carolina Black Alliance Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Black Alliance Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 35 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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