North Carolina · Nonprofit
Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc
Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $838,420 to it, the largest being BRINKLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($415,248). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $603k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $838k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Foundation is organized and operated as a public charity exclusively for the educational purposes of the Cleveland County School System
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation awards grants to teachers who develop unique instructional programs. We also award a single grant to the teacher nominated by their school administrator who best exemplifies teaching excellence in their school.
$66,482 spent23% of program spendingOur goal is to provide a 500 scholarship to each graduating senior who was in the top 20 of their schools class and maintained a weighted 4.0 GPA throughout their high school careers. Our primary scholarship is the A. Mickey Church Scholarship. However the foundation oversees approximately 30 different scholarships.
$121,363 spent43% of program spendingStudents achievements are recognized for all students throughout the academic year. Recognitions are given for Math Day, Robotics, Spelling Bee, etc.
$9,564 spent3% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 7,054, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Student incentives are recognized through various grant programs to the schools. Schools write grants request to the foundation for unique programs to promote and recognize student achievement in all areas of education. All supporting materials are included in these expenses. Program Service Expenses 79,285, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Various supporting expenses to cover recognitions awarded to students and teachers.
$86,339 spent30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,748.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+16%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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 held at 2 funders, grant income rose $22k → $85k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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
Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 96% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 92% · 2022 92% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
92% of Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.
Organizations like Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation 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.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc: 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 Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc?
- Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $838,420 to it, the largest being BRINKLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($415,248). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $838,420 in grants to Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc?
- BRINKLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $415,248 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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