North Carolina · Nonprofit
CULTIVATE LIFE
CULTIVATE LIFE (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,860 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($18,311). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Cultivate Life does
Mission
Our program provides vital assistance to families facing extreme poverty by offering a range of essential services. We prioritize educational support to empower children and adults with the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty. Additionally we deliver emergency care to address immediate needs and ensure the well-being of families in crisis. We also provide crucial medical support for pregnant mothers offering prenatal care and access to healthcare resources to promote healthy pregnancies and childbirth. Through these initiatives we aim to uplift and support families in their journey towards a brighter future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our nonprofit provides essential support to Escuela Especial a specialized school catering to children with disabilities. Our programs focus on enhancing educational resources providing specialized training for teachers and offering therapeutic services to ensure each student receives tailored support. Through our partnership with Escuela Especial we aim to create an inclusive learning environment where every child can thrive academically and personally.
$13,441 spent49% of program spendingOur organization operates a valuable program called Doula Ministry, which focuses on providing essential support to pregnant women. Through this initiative we offer educational resources emotional care and practical assistance to expectant mothers. Our goal is to ensure that these women receive the guidance and help they need during this important time in their lives.
$2,430 spent9% of program spendingThe organization provides construction support to partner ministries to strengthen and expand their program capacity including building repairing and improving facilities used for community services such as education outreach and family support programs. By enhancing physical infrastructure the organization helps partner ministries operate more effectively and serve more individuals in their communities. In addition the organization provides essential emergency care services to individuals in crisis situations offering immediate medical assistance shelter and support to those facing urgent medical or safety needs ensuring that each person receives critical care during times of emergency.
$11,800 spent43% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,671.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $8k to $3k (−68%).
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.
100% of CULTIVATE LIFE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Joel Weed
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $4k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 CULTIVATE LIFE’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
CULTIVATE LIFE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
37% 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 CULTIVATE LIFE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% — 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
100% of CULTIVATE LIFE'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. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CULTIVATE LIFE has grown faster than half of the 1,793 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,793 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CULTIVATE LIFE
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
100%
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 CULTIVATE LIFE: 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 CULTIVATE LIFE?
- CULTIVATE LIFE (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,860 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($18,311). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CULTIVATE LIFE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,860 in grants to CULTIVATE LIFE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CULTIVATE LIFE?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $18,311 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CULTIVATE LIFE 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 2019–2025), 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