North Carolina · Nonprofit
APPARO SOLUTIONS INC
APPARO SOLUTIONS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,168,562 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($399,554). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $555k
What Apparo Solutions Inc does
Mission
Provide technology guidance, advice, education and assistance through community connections and on-staff skills to nonprofit organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In fy25, the organization refined its program categorization to better reflect how services are delivered and how nonprofits engage with apparo. Education programs, including cohorts, trainings, and workshops, are now presented as a single program area to reflect their integrated role in building nonprofit capacity. The workforce development partnership program has been removed as it is no longer active.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Tech therapy (technology advice, guidance, and resources): apparo provies ongoing technical advice, guidance, and resources to nonprofit organizations that lack the internal capacity and or skill to effectively manage and use technology and business systems. Through tech therapy, nonprofit staff meet with apparos team or expert skilled volunteer(s) to assess needs, troubleshoot challenges, and identify practical solutions and next steps. Services are provided at no or low cost and are designed to be accessible, responsive, and tailored to each organizations context. This support enables nonprofits to make informed technology decisions, improve internal processes, and better deliver on their missions. Tech therapy often serves as a pathway to deeper engagement with apparos programs and services.
$454,726 spent30% of program spendingCommunity impact projects (technology related projects with skilled volunteer engagement): apparo facilitates community impact projects that deliver technology solutions to nonprofit organizations through the engagement of skilled corporate volunteers. These projects address critical needs such as system implementation, process improvement, data management, technology strategy, and digital infrastructure. Apparo staff scope and manage projects to ensure solutions are practical, sustainable, and aligned with each nonprofits goals, strengthening operations and expanding organizational capacity. Apparo staff scope, manage, and support projects that typically span several months, ensuring that solutions are practical, sustainable, and aligned with each nonprofits goals. This model enables nonprofits to access high quality expertise and resources that would otherwise be out of reach. Community impact projects strengthen nonprofit operations, increase efficiency, and expand organizational capacity while also deepening corporate and community engagement.
$454,726 spent30% of program spendingEducation & cohorts (webinars, mentoring, trainings, workshops): apparo provides education and capacity building cohort programs that equip nonprofit organizations with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to effectively leverage technology in support of their missions. Through structured cohorts, trainings, workshops, and peer learning experiences, nonprofits receive guidance on topics such as technology foundations, data management, cybersecurity, digital strategy, ai and operational systems. These programs are designed to build long term organizational capacity by strengthening decision making, improving operational efficiency, and increasing nonprofit sustainability and resiliency. Many offerings include expert facilitation, hands-on application, and collaborative learning environments that connect nonprofit leaders with peers and expert skilled volunteers. Apparos education programs serve as an entry point for deeper engagement, helping nonprofits move from awareness to action and positioning them for more advanced technology support.
$626,302 spentof which $20,000 as grants$27,872 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,535,754.
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.
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 $1.0M to $1.4M (+35%).
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.
91% of APPARO SOLUTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Kim Lanphear
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $76k → $63k.
8 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 APPARO SOLUTIONS 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
APPARO SOLUTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 APPARO SOLUTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 85% · 2019 95% · 2020 39% · 2021 57% · 2022 33% · 2023 47% — 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
38% of APPARO SOLUTIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
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
61% of APPARO SOLUTIONS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $455k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $713k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
APPARO SOLUTIONS INC's revenue grew 68% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding APPARO SOLUTIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $296 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $296
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like APPARO SOLUTIONS 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APPARO SOLUTIONS INC?
- APPARO SOLUTIONS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,168,562 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($399,554). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does APPARO SOLUTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,168,562 in grants to APPARO SOLUTIONS INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APPARO SOLUTIONS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $399,554 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APPARO SOLUTIONS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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