North Carolina · Nonprofit
GREAT SCHOOLS NC
GREAT SCHOOLS NC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,310,000 to it, the largest being SKEEBO FOUNDATION ($3,010,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Great Schools Nc does
Mission
Great schools north carolina (gsnc) was founded to remove barriers to success for both existing and new public charter schools across the state. Gsnc supports leaders with strategic funding and collaborative partnerships to increase access to high-quality public education options.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Great schools north carolina (gsnc) supports leaders with strategic funding and collaborative partnership to increase access to high-quality public education options.
$3,125,721 spentof which $975,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,125,721.
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
Madeline Hannigan
Executive director
Board chair
Scott Benson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GREAT SCHOOLS 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
GREAT SCHOOLS NC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
“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
91% of GREAT SCHOOLS NC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
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
GREAT SCHOOLS NC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GREAT SCHOOLS 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREAT SCHOOLS NC: 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 GREAT SCHOOLS NC?
- GREAT SCHOOLS NC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,310,000 to it, the largest being SKEEBO FOUNDATION ($3,010,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT SCHOOLS NC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,310,000 in grants to GREAT SCHOOLS NC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT SCHOOLS NC?
- SKEEBO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT SCHOOLS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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