North Carolina · Nonprofit
NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC
NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,168 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,014). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What North Carolina Sheriffs' Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the north carolina sheriffs' association is to serve as the statewide voice to protect, promote, preserve, and enhance the office of sheriff in north carolina through education, training, and legislative initiatives that increase public safety and protect the rights of the citizens of north carolina.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Training, education & scholarship - the association has developed and refined a program of professional standards and training for their offices that is a national model. The association operates a scholarship program that gives deserving students an opportunity to pursue higher education opportunities in the field of criminal justice.
$1,864,699 spentof which $17,000 as grants$892,364 earned by the program34% of program spendingDirect sheriffs' support - provides a central information clearinghouse for the sheriffs' offices. Supports training and standards for the sheriffs' offices. Acts as a statewide voice for the sheriffs. Maintains a working relationship with the national sheriffs' association, as well as sheriffs' associations in other states, and other law enforcement associations in north carolina.
$2,523,789 spent$3,871,340 earned by the program46% of program spendingLegislative monitoring and activities - monitors actions by the general assembly, government agencies, and the courts that affect law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Acts as an advocate for the interest of the sheriffs' offices. Works with various agencies of state government to coordinate programs that are important to law enforcement.
$336,727 spent6% of program spendingHonorary membership support and education - promotes and operates the honorary membership program, including periodic informational mailings to the members.
$721,969 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,447,184.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $10M to $7.5M (−26%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Sheriff Mike Roberson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50 → $1k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC’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 SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% · 2019 85% · 2020 87% · 2021 89% · 2022 92% · 2023 46% — 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 SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
88% of NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,168 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,014). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $44,168 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $27,014 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' 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 17 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