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NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC

NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being CENTRA FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$11M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$1.8M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Nash Edgecombe Wilson Community Action Inc does

Mission

To advance the general welfare of the people of eastern north carolina through programs providing housing and childcare assistance as well as poverty elimination strategies to disadvantaged populations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Early childhood development programs - provide child care and family support services to low income families. These programs are funded by head start, more at four, child and adult care food programs.

    $6,636,541 spent
    66% of program spending
  2. Family development and self-sufficiency programs - provide services to low income families to develop their self-sufficiency through counseling, training programs and job placements. These programs are funded by the community services block grant.

    $436,344 spentof which $30,926 as grants
    4% of program spending
  3. Community development programs - provide services to low to moderate income families to obtain stable and permanent housing, including rental assistance. These programs are funded by hud and general funds and contributions.

    $3,050,283 spentof which $2,736,859 as grants
    30% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,123,168.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8.6M) Expenses 100 ($8.3M) Net assets 100 ($991k)2018 Revenue 101 ($8.6M) Expenses 104 ($8.6M) Net assets 92 ($914k)2019 Revenue 101 ($8.6M) Expenses 104 ($8.6M) Net assets 104 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 110 ($9.5M) Expenses 113 ($9.4M) Net assets 113 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 121 ($10M) Expenses 120 ($9.9M) Net assets 154 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 113 ($9.7M) Expenses 117 ($9.7M) Net assets 157 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 124 ($11M) Expenses 129 ($11M) Net assets 150 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 132 ($11M) Expenses 133 ($11M) Net assets 184 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (133)Net assets (184)

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 $1.9M to $2.3M (+21%).

$2.3M
$2.1M
$2.0M
$2.2M
$2.3M
$2.1M
$1.9M
$2.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 95% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$286k
’17
$61k
’18
$46k
’19
$90k
’20
$403k
’21
$26k
’22
−$68k
’23
$340k
’24
0.5
months of
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

Nichelle Cole

Executive director

Board chair

Cheryl Forbes

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2019161517141819
Joined·+3+12+0+6+2+5+4
No longer listed·41514513
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $3k.

Funder
'19
'20
'23
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.

Where its funders are

NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.

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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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.6M on record.

Federal$55.6M
grants $55.6Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$55.6M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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 NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being CENTRA FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,500 in grants to NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
CENTRA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NASH EDGECOMBE WILSON COMMUNITY ACTION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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