North Carolina · Nonprofit
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,229,450 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,059,177). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County does
Mission
The purpose of the School is to start and operate Christian schools in Charlotte NC and suurrounding counties. The School provides a strong Christian-based academic education to under-resourced students in JK-8.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Bridge Academics - Half day program providing remedial services to Grade First-Fourth students who are behind 2 or more grade levels.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Academics: Faith-based accredited school that provides Junior Kindergarten through Eighth Grade education to inner city, under-resourced students. This includes Core Curriculum, Physical Education, Music, Art, and Tutoring.
$2,810,807 spentof which $4,795 as grants$1,367,229 earned by the program73% of program spendingAfter School: Two hour care provided to registered Junior Kindergarten through Eighth Grade students. Activities include meal, homework, tutoring, drama, swimming, and other planned classes.
$274,008 spent$20,640 earned by the program7% of program spendingSummer Camp: Five week program provided for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Reading and math academics are covered in the morning to help reduce learning loss. Recreational, educational activities and Field Trips are experienced in the afternoon.
$209,794 spent$13,968 earned by the program5% of program spendingLearning Center: Additional academic services provided to Kindergarten through Eighth Grade who need more intervention with reading and math.
$189,219 spent5% of program spendingCounseling: Programming provides a safe place for students to express their feelings and learn ways to cope with anxiety and other emotional issues.
$76,774 spent2% of program spendingMiddle School Sports: This program is designed to provide valuable life skills of leadership and dedication through teamwork and physical activity.
$82,470 spent2% of program spendingPathways: This course is for Eighth Grade students to assist in choosing a High School to further their education. Guidance is provided to families.
$69,657 spent2% of program spendingBridge: Half day remedial academic services for First through Fourth Grade students who are two or more grade levels behind.
$124,742 spentof which $800 as grants3% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,837,471.
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 $3.7M to $8.1M (+116%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4% · 2022 9% · 2023 16% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
John A Murray
Executive Director
Board chair
William Elmore
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $175k → $1.5M.
18 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% 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 Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 42% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 28% · 2022 14% · 2023 27% — 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
57% of Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
74% of Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County'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 $1.9M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County?
- Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,229,450 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,059,177). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $7,229,450 in grants to Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,059,177 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 44 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