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North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools

North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,900 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE AWARENESS FOUNDATION INC ($28,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$728k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$348k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools does

Mission

To provide technical support and other assistance to charter schools in North Carolina in an effort to educate the public about school choice and afford children the opportunity to attend high quality, pub

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual conferences and meetings

    $310,132 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. The organization provided support to emerging leaders through our WISE Mentorship Program (Women Inspiring and Seeking Empowerment).

    $2,767 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $312,899.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($307k) Expenses 100 ($323k) Net assets 100 ($171k)2020 Revenue 104 ($319k) Expenses 112 ($361k) Net assets 75 ($128k)2021 Revenue 112 ($344k) Expenses 96 ($311k) Net assets 110 ($187k)2022 Revenue 177 ($545k) Expenses 128 ($413k) Net assets 203 ($346k)2023 Revenue 233 ($716k) Expenses 182 ($588k) Net assets 278 ($474k)2024 Revenue 200 ($616k) Expenses 206 ($667k) Net assets 292 ($497k)2025 Revenue 237 ($728k) Expenses 182 ($587k) Net assets 204 ($348k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (237)Expenses (182)Net assets (204)Peer revenue range

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 $498k to $351k (−30%).

$178k
$157k
$213k
$347k
$478k
$498k
$351k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

52% of North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$16k
’19
−$42k
’20
$33k
’21
$132k
’22
$128k
’23
−$51k
’24
$140k
’25
6.4
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

Rhonda Dillingham

Executive Director

Board chair

Dr Michelle Johnson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed1411131212913
Joined·+2+10+0+1+2+4
No longer listed·581150
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools’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.

Where its funders are

North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.

FL

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

Against its field

North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve6.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

53% of spending goes to programs.

Program 53%Management 47%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • NCAPCS Action · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools?
North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,900 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE AWARENESS FOUNDATION INC ($28,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $28,900 in grants to North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools?
NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE AWARENESS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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