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NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC

NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,063,246 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($7,063,246). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$7.1M
Net assets
$5.1M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01The 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 ($2.6M) Expenses 100 ($2.4M) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 119 ($3.1M) Expenses 112 ($2.7M) Net assets 118 ($2.2M)2019 Revenue 120 ($3.1M) Expenses 125 ($3.1M) Net assets 121 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 101 ($2.6M) Expenses 105 ($2.6M) Net assets 123 ($2.3M)2021 Revenue 127 ($3.3M) Expenses 113 ($2.8M) Net assets 151 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 150 ($3.9M) Expenses 136 ($3.3M) Net assets 181 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 159 ($4.1M) Expenses 144 ($3.5M) Net assets 213 ($4.0M)2024 Revenue 168 ($4.4M) Expenses 153 ($3.8M) Net assets 246 ($4.6M)2025 Revenue 181 ($4.7M) Expenses 171 ($4.2M) Net assets 273 ($5.1M)
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Revenue (181)Expenses (171)Net assets (273)

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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 30% · 2018 27% · 2019 31% · 2020 40% · 2021 33% · 2022 32% · 2023 32% · 2024 31% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$145k
’17
$340k
’18
$57k
’19
$32k
’20
$521k
’21
$559k
’22
$600k
’23
$606k
’24
$506k
’25
9.8
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $938k → $1.3M.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.

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

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’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

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In North Carolina

Nationally

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
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

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC?
NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,063,246 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($7,063,246). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,063,246 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION INC?
NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,063,246 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION 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 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing