North Carolina · Nonprofit
Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation
Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,628 to it, the largest being SENTARA HEALTH ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $374k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $790k
What Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation does
Mission
To serve the entire community by acting as a catalyst for the revitalization of downtown Elizabeth City and the waterfront while preserving its historical and architectural character.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Design and engineering services for the Water Street Transformation Project (WTSP), a streetscaping initiative that will improve pedestrian connectivity, accessibility and safety along the Water Street corridor through new, decorative sidewalks and improved streetlighting.
$93,767 spent62% of program spendingThe organization sponsors an outdoor film festival and live concert series. Classic movies are shown on Tuesday evenings during the months of June and July and live bands perform during the months of August and September. The events are free and open to the public and draw many residents and visitors to the downtown Elizabeth City area.
$29,220 spent19% of program spendingThe organization's primary event is the North Carolina Potato Festival. The event promotes awareness of one of the region's most important crops as well as the convergence of approximately 30,000 people at Elizabeth City's downtown business district.
$29,000 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,987.
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 2023 to 2024, from $603k to $825k (+37%).
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: 2020 91% · 2021 24% · 2022 33% · 2023 52% · 2024 63% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Tim Williams
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation’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
Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
100% 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 Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation: 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 Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation?
- Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,628 to it, the largest being SENTARA HEALTH ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $52,628 in grants to Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation?
- SENTARA HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Elizabeth City Downtown Inc A Revitalization Corporation 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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