North Carolina · Nonprofit
CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC
CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $155k
What Carolinas Academic Leadership Network Inc does
Mission
Caln endeavors to be the most influential voice for student achievement, parental authority, and superior school board service in the carolinas.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Professional development - the organization offered numerous training and professional development opportunities for north and south carolina school board members to enhance their ability to serve students, including an on- site training for a full school board. These in-person programs covered topics such as district finance, curriculum development, student achievement, and effective leadership strategies.
$21,252 spent50% of program spendingPolicy assistance and virtual education - through online workshops and direct assistance, the organization shared best practices for district policies on topics such as classroom technology, k-12 open enrollment, and parents' rights in education.
$12,800 spent30% of program spendingNetworking and promotion - the organization hosted its annual dinner in charleston, sc, where north and south carolina school board members, legislators, and local community members gathered to network and share ideas and solutions on fostering educational improvement. The organization also invested in digital marketing and advertising to engage new audiences, increase event attendance, and amplify its impact and reach.
$4,099 spent10% of program spendingMemberships and website infrastructure - the organization launched a new membership platform offering a suite of premium resources for school board members. These include recordings of previous trainings, direct parliamentary assistance, and curriculum opportunities for individual districts. The organization invested in website improvements to support the new membership program and enhance the online user experience.
$4,500 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $42,651.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $142k to $155k (+9%).
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.
96% of CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Donald Bryson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK 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
CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
71% of CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK 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 $60k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK 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.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC?
- CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,000 to it, the largest being Donors Trust Inc ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $210,000 in grants to CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC?
- Donors Trust Inc is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAROLINAS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP NETWORK 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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