North Carolina · Nonprofit
Charlotte Curling Association
Charlotte Curling Association (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,866 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($10,273). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $471k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $680k
What Charlotte Curling Association does
Mission
The mission of the association is to promote the sport of curling in charlotte, north carolina and the southern united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Charlotte Curling Association sponsored curling leagues most nights of the week during the year ended august 31, 2025 to promote the sport of curling in the local market. The curling season began in september 2024 and remained active until may 2025. The ice in the facility has historically been taken down in the summer months. It is not practical to split the program service expenses between programs because the expenses are primarily the operation of the dedicated ice facility which is used for all programs. Most program service expenses have been reported under the curling leagues since they comprise the substantial majority of the facility utilization. Membership dues are not included in program service revenues which is why the largest program has no revenues.
$232,657 spent78% of program spendingThe Charlotte Curling Association conducts a number of training programs including classes titled learn to curl where the general public can come and learn to play the sport of curling. The classes are offered in september and january and provide individuals the opportunity to try their hand at curling. Additionally, larger groups can schedule a learn to curl throughout the curling season. As explained under 4a, most of the program service expenses have been reported under the curling leagues since they comprise the substantial majority of the facility utilization.
$44,668 spent$123,847 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe Charlotte Curling Association ran multiple curling tournaments (bonspiels) to promote the sport of curling in the local and regional market during the year ended august 31, 2025. Tournament sizes and lengths varied. The associations largest tournament included 32 teams of four competitors each and was conducted over a four-day period. As explained under 4a, most of the program service expenses have been reported under the curling leagues since they comprise the substantial majority of the facility utilization. Only expenses specific to the curling tournaments have been reported as program expenses herein.
$22,743 spent$47,041 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $300,068.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $2.1M to $1.9M (−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.
53% of Charlotte Curling Association’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 Charlotte Curling Association’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
Charlotte Curling Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 Charlotte Curling Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 78% · 2022 43% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
69% of Charlotte Curling Association'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 $8k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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.
Against its field
Charlotte Curling Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Charlotte Curling Association
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Charlotte Curling Association: 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 Charlotte Curling Association?
- Charlotte Curling Association (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,866 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($10,273). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Charlotte Curling Association have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $25,866 in grants to Charlotte Curling Association, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Charlotte Curling Association?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Charlotte Curling Association 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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