North Carolina · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE
FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,231 to it, the largest being ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ($15,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $104k
What Friends of Oberlin Village does
Mission
The Friends of Oberlin Village through preservation & education honors Oberlin Village one of the last known surviving free and freedmens villages in the state of North Carolina that grew out of an antebellum Free Black settlement. Advocate the preservation of the original homes restoring the Historic Oberlin Cemetery headstones and grounds; and conducting oral histories of the founding descendants and residents. Educate the public with documentaries brochures guided walking tours and presentations to community groups churches civic organizations and schools. Additionally we are cultivating research partnerships with area universities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
OBERLIN CEMETERY: for many years the cemetery was in disrepair with many unmarked and sunken graves. The site was overgrown with fallen leaves trees that needed to be trimmed or removed. With volunteers the areas have been cleaned up and several clean up are scheduled during the year to keep the grounds maintained. With funding landscaping professionals were engaged to carefully treat weeds and start filling some of the sunken graves. Arborists were also engaged to trim and care for the trees shrubs and other woody plants..
$15,375 spent66% of program spendingEDUCATION: educate the public with documentaries brochures guided walking tours and presentations to community groups churches civic organization and schools. Maintain and update the FOV Website to be a source to the history of Oberlin Village publications related to Oberlin information on all the historical locations in the area and upcoming events.
$8,000 spent34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $23,375.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Sabrina Goode
Executive Director
Board chair
Michelle McLean
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $10k.
1 of 6 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 FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE’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 OBERLIN VILLAGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% 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
83% 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 FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 62% · 2021 81% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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
56% of FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE'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. $231 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
87%
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 OBERLIN VILLAGE?
- FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,231 to it, the largest being ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ($15,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $36,231 in grants to FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE?
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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