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ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC
ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,359 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($243,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $703k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $721k
- Net assets
- $-70355
What Environmental Federation of North Carolina Inc Dba Earthshare Nc does
Mission
Earthshare nc inspires and provides opportunities for individuals and corporations to actively participate in work for healthy and sustainable communities across nc alongside our nonprofit members. Together we strengthen the impact nonprofit members can make for clean air and water, healthy places to live, and safe food to eat, here in nc, nationally, and globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Earthshare north carolina partners with workplaces across the state to engage employees with the work of over 30 nonprofit organizations, resulting in new volunteers, donors, and people educated and empowered to take action for the environment. Through the corporate partner programs and workplace giving program, employees learn about, interact with, and have an opportunity to support environmental nonprofit organizations for our public health, clean air, safe drinking water, and wildlife and land preservation. More than $105,000 was distributed in fy 25.
$408,805 spentof which $102,267 as grants$334,778 earned by the program72% of program spendingThe corporate partner and corporate earth day events programs brings together 30 businesses and more than 350 employees with our nonprofit members to make a collective impact on the health of our communities through a day of service, educational programming, and networking that result in new individual and corporate engagement in the work of earthshare nc nonprofits.
$127,503 spentof which $10,990 as grants$142,409 earned by the program22% of program spendingNc climate week transforms knowledge into implementation through action-focused sessions that equip individuals and businesses with immediately deployable solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, build resilience in our communities, and live sustainably. Four days of virtual learning and consultation are followed by the summit brings together climate leaders from across north carolina for one focused day to accelerate collaboration. This is where we turn conversations into expanding networks and cross-sector partnerships that drive measurable impact on climate and resilience.
$33,208 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $569,516.
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 $706k to $552k (−22%).
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.
32% of ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Heather Beard
Executive director
Board chair
Evette Pettus
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $75k → $116k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC’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
ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
84% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 39% · 2019 34% · 2020 34% · 2021 54% · 2022 32% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
70% of ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
72% of ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC'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 $203k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $518k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC's revenue grew 42% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC?
- ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $721,359 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($243,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $721,359 in grants to ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC?
- TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $243,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERATION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC DBA EARTHSHARE NC 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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