North Carolina · Nonprofit
IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC
IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $745,352 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC ($297,852). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $745k
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Irene Wortham Center Inc does
Mission
Irene wortham center, along with irene wortham residential center, have helped children and adults with developmental and/or socioeconomic challenges lead healthy, happy and more independent lives. From our carf-accredited adult day activity and supported employment programs, to our 5-star-rated child care center, to our comprehensive, around-the-clock residential care homes, irene wortham center, irene wortham residential center and their exceptional staff inspire and empower individuals to reach their full potential from birth to end of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The early learning program at the certified developmental day center serves 105 children. It is five-star rated by the north carolina division of child development. Lead teachers hold north carolina teaching certificates and/or degrees in early childhood education or a related field. Our program features small class sizes and teacher-to-child ratio of 1:4.
$1,684,615 spent$1,280,365 earned by the program46% of program spendingThe adult day activity program, which serves 50 individuals throughout the year, emphasizes the dignity and individuality of each person. It provides a comfortable and flexible atmosphere that encourages personal achievement and growth as well as productivity. The program offers a unique balance of activities that promote an optimal level of independence in daily living and offers socialization and interaction on an individual and group level. Trained and experienced staff strive to provide a variety of program activities including art and music therapy, cooking lessons, and inclusive community activities.
$1,958,590 spent$528,509 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe supported employment program empowers 160 clients to achieve the self-assurance and satisfaction that comes from meaningful, competitive employment. Dedicated job coaches provide one-on-one support to assist in securing and maintaining employment for individuals with developmental challenges. Job coaches train clients to do the job and stay with them on the jobsite to fine-tune their performance until it is satisfactory to the employer.
$343,603 earned by the programMedicare payments for other supported ancillary services.
$1,934,939 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,643,205.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.4M to $4.1M (+18%).
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: 2021 16% · 2022 35% · 2023 15% · 2024 17% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Matthew Henry
President & CEO
Board chair
Rita Maddux
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $93k → $57k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. 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
IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 80% · 2019 50% · 2020 33% · 2021 34% · 2022 48% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
98% of IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC'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. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Irene Wortham Residential Center Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC?
- IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $745,352 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC ($297,852). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $745,352 in grants to IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $297,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IRENE WORTHAM CENTER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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