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Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc

Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,082 to it, the largest being CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$169k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$86k
Net assets
$368k
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc does

Mission

To provide opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities to participate in sports activities to promote a healthier lifestyle

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Program

  1. We were able to provide sports and competition opportunities for children and adults to compete against other physically disabled individuals and participate in activities as able bodied individuals do.

    $251,991 spent$59,510 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $251,991.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($93k) Expenses 100 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($118k)2018 Revenue 101 ($94k) Expenses 78 ($79k) Net assets 113 ($133k)2019 Revenue 103 ($96k) Expenses 69 ($70k) Net assets 134 ($158k)2020 Revenue 151 ($141k) Expenses 115 ($117k) Net assets 155 ($183k)2021 Revenue 166 ($154k) Expenses 68 ($69k) Net assets 228 ($269k)2022 Revenue 152 ($142k) Expenses 184 ($187k) Net assets 189 ($223k)2023 Revenue 200 ($186k) Expenses 170 ($173k) Net assets 223 ($263k)2024 Revenue 267 ($249k) Expenses 192 ($196k) Net assets 279 ($329k)2025 Revenue 253 ($236k) Expenses 248 ($252k) Net assets 272 ($321k)2026 Revenue 182 ($169k) Expenses 167 ($170k) Net assets 312 ($368k)
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Revenue (182)Expenses (167)Net assets (312)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $183k to $269k (+47%).

$118k
$133k
$158k
$183k
$269k
$223k
$263k
$329k
$321k
$368k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

37% of Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
$15k
’18
$26k
’19
$24k
’20
$86k
’21
−$45k
’22
$13k
’23
$53k
’24
−$16k
’25
−$741
’26
9.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202420252026
Listed555
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $150 → $29k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc.

46%
largest funder
74%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 92% · 2019 83% · 2020 60% · 2021 63% · 2022 89% · 2023 51% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

60% of Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

84% of Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

PA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc is better cushioned than half of the 274 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve9.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In North Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc?
Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,082 to it, the largest being CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $86,082 in grants to Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc?
CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing