North Carolina · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC
FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,126 to it, the largest being STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $120k
- Net assets
- $134k
What Friends of Jockey's Ridge Inc does
Mission
The organization is organized to develop, encourage and promote public awareness of jockey' ridge state park; provide support and maintenance of programs and development of facilities; to solicit, hold expend and invest funds for such purposes and lastly to render assistance requested by the north carolina division of parks and recreation, jockey's ridge state park.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To plan for and provide a celebration of the 50th anniversay of jockey's ridge becoming a state park and offically being added to the north carolina state park sytem which has led it to enjoyed by more than one million annual visitors making it the most visited state park in nc. The event provided unique events to the public including music, a drone show,art and educational events.
$124,590 spent88% of program spendingTo promote and aid the state park's interpretive programs, museum exhibits and activities and to make the park more enjoyable to the public.
$16,938 spent12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $141,528.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $71k to $139k (+97%).
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: 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Craig Honeycutt
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $37 → $20k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC’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
FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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
86% of FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE 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.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC?
- FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,126 to it, the largest being STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $120,126 in grants to FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE INC?
- STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF JOCKEY'S RIDGE 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 2023–2025), 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