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North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation

Sale of electric power to nc distribution member cooperatives.

$585k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$68,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.4B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationScience & TechSocial ScienceOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$585k3%
FY202437$620k8%
FY202346$730k17%
FY202237$558k8%
FY202140$605k18%
FY202046$671k15%
FY201944$671k0%
FY201844$961k14%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.8MCommunity Improvement$1.1MFood & Nutrition$1.0MPublic Benefit$275kEnvironment$254kHealth$225kYouth Development$75kScience & Tech$56kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc$637,92090%
Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc$403,25090%
Energyunited Electric Membership Co$321,58690%
North Carolina Chamber$210,50081%
Nreca International$175,00070%
North Carolina Agribusiness Council Inc$167,000912%
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp$164,46990%
Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation$160,24490%
Rural Economic Development Center Inc$150,50081%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$147,7009n/a
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ$146,00092%
Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation$138,98990%
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc$137,00080%
Union Electric Membership Corp$128,76090%
Leadership North Carolina Inc$125,00093%
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte$125,0005n/a
North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation$125,000812%
Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation$117,45690%
Four County Electric Membership Corp$116,96090%
Wake Electric Membership Corporation$109,97690%
Lumbee River Elec Membership Corp$108,57690%
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke$100,0004n/a
South River Electric Membership Corporation$99,68090%
Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation$92,70490%
Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative$92,60890%
North Carolina Freeenterprise Foundation$90,000416%
Haywood Electric Membership Corporation$88,58690%
Carolina Partnership for Reform Inc$85,00075%
Randolph Electric Membership Corporation$77,10890%
North Carolina Economic Development Association$70,38553%
Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation$68,58090%
Carolina Common Enterprise$65,000512%
Tideland Electric Membership Corporation$60,60890%
Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation$60,24090%
Pee Dee Electric Membership Corp$60,20890%
The Southeastern Partnership Inc$60,00041%
Tobacco Farm Life Museum Inc$55,50066%
Occoneechee Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #421$55,00050%
North Carolina a & T State University$50,5004n/a
Electric Power Research Institute Inc$50,00020%
The Institute of Political Leadership$45,000318%
Nc State University$41,0503n/a
Ronald McDonald House Global$30,4663n/a
Conservation Trust for North Carolina$30,00040%
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consu$30,0001n/a
North Carolina Educational Scholarship Fund Inc$30,000413%
North Carolina Zoological Society Inc$26,00010%
North Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc$25,00031%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25,00020%
Columbus County Agriculture Fair Inc$24,00032%
Cooperative Council of North Carolina$22,17537%
Democratic Governors Association$20,0002n/a
Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines Inc$20,00020%
African American Atelier Inc$20,000222%
Occoneechee Council Inc Boy Scouts #421 - Endowment$20,00023%
Public School Forum of Nc Inc$20,00020%
E4 Carolinas Inc$20,00012%
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce$19,48530%
Nc Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation Inc$15,00021%
Citizens for Nc Jobs$13,000114%
Research Triangle Institute$12,50010%
Nc Farm Bureau Federation Inc$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina Inc$10,0001n/a
Nc Ag Partnership Inc$10,00012%
East Coast Greenway Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Go Global NC Council Inc$10,00011%
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc$6,00010%
Nc State University$6,0001n/a
North Carolina State University$6,0001n/a
Human Connections Foundation Inc$5,6751n/a
North Carolina Biotechnology Center$5,50010%
National Utility Training & Safety Education Associaton$5,50012%
Central Electric Membership Corporation$5,48710%
North Carolina State University College of Sciences Foundation Inc$5,00010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc: $637,920 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetEconomic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc: $403,250 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEnergyunited Electric Membership Co: $321,586 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Chamber: $210,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNreca International: $175,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Agribusiness Council Inc: $167,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetBlue Ridge Electric Membership Corp: $164,469 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBrunswick Electric Membership Corporation: $160,244 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRural Economic Development Center Inc: $150,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNorth Carolina Business Leaders for Educ: $146,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetRutherford Electric Membership Corporation: $138,989 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina State University Foundation Inc: $137,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Electric Membership Corp: $128,760 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership North Carolina Inc: $125,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation: $125,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetJones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation: $117,456 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFour County Electric Membership Corp: $116,960 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWake Electric Membership Corporation: $109,976 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLumbee River Elec Membership Corp: $108,576 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouth River Electric Membership Corporation: $99,680 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont Electric Membership Corporation: $92,704 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCarteret-Craven Electric Cooperative: $92,608 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Freeenterprise Foundation: $90,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetHaywood Electric Membership Corporation: $88,586 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Partnership for Reform Inc: $85,000 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetRandolph Electric Membership Corporation: $77,108 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Economic Development Association: $70,385 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSurry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation: $68,580 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Common Enterprise: $65,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTideland Electric Membership Corporation: $60,608 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTri-County Electric Membership Corporation: $60,240 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPee Dee Electric Membership Corp: $60,208 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Southeastern Partnership Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTobacco Farm Life Museum Inc: $55,500 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetOcconeechee Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #421: $55,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetElectric Power Research Institute Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute of Political Leadership: $45,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetConservation Trust for North Carolina: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Educational Scholarship Fund Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetNorth Carolina Zoological Society Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus County Agriculture Fair Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCooperative Council of North Carolina: $22,175 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetGirl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican American Atelier Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetOcconeechee Council Inc Boy Scouts #421 - Endowment: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPublic School Forum of Nc Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

Foundation for the CarolinasNC25.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Anonymous Trust U/A Dated 2-4-2008 · Dogwood Health Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Ibm International Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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.

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About North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation

How much does North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation give?
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation reported 36 grants totaling $584,642 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Community Improvement (18%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
Who are North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc ($638k), Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc ($403k), Energyunited Electric Membership Co ($322k).
Does North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Aj Fletcher Foundation.
Where is North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation based?
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation is based in NC.

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 76 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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