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NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS

NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,201,157 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($5,753,657). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.7M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$7.2M
Net assets
$1.8M
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 55%
01What it does

What North Carolina League of Conservation Voters does

Mission

Nclcv protects the health & quality of life for all north carolinians by: advocating for sound environmental policies that protect our communities, holding elected leaders accountable for their decisions, mobilizing voters to advocate for environmental policies, and electing environmental champions.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Info & Education Program: publish weekly e-newsletters for 10000 members regarding NC and national environmental issues, host annual event highlighting environmental champions, public education on environmental issues, media outreach, reports, events, publish e-newsletter for legislators, member services. Engage activists and members on key state and federal policy issues.

    $1,347,968 spent
    53% of program spending
  2. Accountability & Political program: Staff and members engage in efforts to hold NC legislators accountable for environmental decisions, publish approx 3000 legislative scorecards, engage over 40,000 online activists, engage voters in the democratic process, inform members of endorsements, work to elect pro-conservation candidates for legislative and statewide office.

    $1,101,613 spent
    43% of program spending
  3. Influencing policy program: staff/volunteers performed legislative & non-legislative activities including research, education, lobbying, and policy development. Published weekly e-newsletter for decision-makers. Work with various coalitions of environmental and allied groups to develop strategy and advocate on key environmental issues. Educate and engage citizens and members on key environmental policies. Long term objective is to pass sound environmental legislation and strong, equitable environmental protections for all North Carolinians.

    $117,365 spent
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,566,946.

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 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($943k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 87 ($1.5M) Expenses 149 ($1.4M) Net assets 107 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 58 ($989k) Expenses 124 ($1.2M) Net assets 91 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 111 ($1.9M) Expenses 205 ($1.9M) Net assets 88 ($993k)2021 Revenue 122 ($2.1M) Expenses 190 ($1.8M) Net assets 114 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 136 ($2.3M) Expenses 244 ($2.3M) Net assets 117 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 130 ($2.2M) Expenses 247 ($2.3M) Net assets 107 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 214 ($3.7M) Expenses 329 ($3.1M) Net assets 155 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (214)Expenses (329)Net assets (155)

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 $1.3M to $1.8M (+38%).

$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.0M
$1.0M
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.8M
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$764k
’17
$81k
’18
−$182k
’19
−$34k
’20
$296k
’21
$28k
’22
−$114k
’23
$550k
’24
6.8
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1112101011121616
Joined·+1+2+0+2+2+5+1
No longer listed·0401111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $83k → $1.1M.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Energy Action Fundunclassified
$235k
Rebuild the Dreamunclassified
$10k
funders
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
1

From the IRS filings of NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS’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

NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS.

80%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 93% · 2022 99% · 2023 86% — 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

25% of NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 3 states in all.

CA
NC
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

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

Organizations like NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS

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

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 4%Fundraising 13%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Nc Lcv Foundation · exempt
  • Conservation PAC · exempt
  • Conservation Votes PAC · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS?
NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,201,157 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($5,753,657). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $7,201,157 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS?
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,753,657 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS find more funders?
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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 8 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