North Carolina · Nonprofit
BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA
BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,663,271 to it, the largest being NEO Philanthropy Inc ($4,476,750). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 116
- Grants received
- $47M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Blueprint North Carolina does
Mission
The Organization is a partnership of public policy, advocacy and grassroots organizing nonprofits dedicated to achieving a better, fairer, healthier North Carolina through the development of an integrated communications and civic engagement strategy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Statewide civic engagement - Blueprint North Carolina coordinated a statewide network of approximately 45 partner organizations to support civic engagement and public accountability efforts during periods of heightened electoral activity and community engagement. Activities included shared planning, public education, coordinated communications, public convenings, and outreach to policymakers. Partners conducted multiple statewide actions, constituent engagement efforts, earned media placements, and digital outreach to inform the public and elevate community concerns. This work strengthened alignment, coordination, and collective capacity for civic participation across North Carolina.
$1,098,485 spentof which $414,000 as grants$143,400 earned by the program25% of program spendingMovement building and grassroots leadership development - Blueprint North Carolina expanded movement-building efforts by supporting grassroots organizing, coalition alignment, and leadership development statewide. The organization hosted regional community convenings and launched an 18-month capacity-building cohort serving approximately 14 grassroots organizations. Program activities included civic education, peer learning, strategic planning, and base-building support to help organizations recruit and engage community members, strengthen local leadership, and collaborate across issue areas. These efforts increased organizational capacity and long-term sustainability for cohort members.
$844,220 spent20% of program spendingStatewide convenings and cross-organizational training - Blueprint North Carolina designed and delivered statewide convenings to strengthen coordination and shared learning among civic organizations. The 2025 Convergence convened approximately 200 participants, including organizers, advocates, and community leaders, for trainings, facilitated discussions, and collaborative planning. Sessions focused on civic engagement strategies, community organizing practices, and organizational resilience. These convenings supported peer exchange, skill development, and stronger collaboration across organizations engaged in community-based civic work.
$520,530 spent$174,605 earned by the program12% of program spendingCommunity care and organizational resilience initiatives - Blueprint North Carolina expanded programmatic support for partner organizations through community care and organizational resilience initiatives, including structured trainings serving dozens of organizational leaders and staff. Programming emphasized participant well-being, organizational preparedness, and continuity of civic engagement activities. The organization also developed an issue-based community outreach pilot integrating community feedback with education and engagement efforts. These initiatives strengthened partner capacity and supported sustainable, healthy participation in civic life.
$1,290,035 spent$200,250 earned by the program30% of program spendingProgram coordination, technical assistance, and partner support - Blueprint North Carolina provided ongoing program coordination, technical assistance, and partner support to community-based organizations across North Carolina. Activities included facilitation of cross-organizational collaboration, technical assistance, trainings, resource sharing, and direct staff support to assist partners in planning and implementing mission-aligned program activities. This work supported a robust partnership network during the year and ensured alignment and effective delivery of program services not otherwise described in other program service accomplishments.
$557,407 spent$557,407 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,310,677.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.4M to $1.3M (−71%).
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.
99% of BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Serena Sebring
Executive Director
Board chair
Alyssa Canty
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $3.3M.
28 of 116 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 116 funders by total. 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
BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
71% 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 BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 21% · 2019 14% · 2020 14% · 2021 24% · 2022 13% · 2023 17% — 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
33% of BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA has grown faster than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA?
- BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,663,271 to it, the largest being NEO Philanthropy Inc ($4,476,750). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA have?
- IRS filings report 116 organizations giving $46,663,271 in grants to BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA?
- NEO Philanthropy Inc is the largest funder on record, with $4,476,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA 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 116 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing