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NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC

NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,541 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ($42,541). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$43k
Net assets
$4.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What North Carolina Tennis Association Inc does

Mission

To provide and develop tennis throughout north carolina by way of recreational leagues and tournaments. To reach out to people that might not already play through community development programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Adult tennis programs - emphasized the fun, fitness and social benefits of tennis. Teams and tournaments are available for adults and college students and are organized to match players with similar abilities.

    $2,370,756 spent$2,368,651 earned by the program
    67% of program spending
  2. Junior tennis programs - help develop important social and sportsmanship skills while maintaining a competative environment. The junior program combines instruction with and educational components such as literacy or drug prevention, to enhance the lives of young players.

    $433,447 spent$23,305 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Community development - usta north carolina provides outreach support, and resources to continue the growth of tennis in communities within our state. Nc tennis provides funding, resource toolkits, and programmatic support, in addition to an annual celebration of individuals and organizations across the state.

    $747,593 spent$131,578 earned by the program
    21% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,551,796.

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 ($3.1M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2018 Revenue 103 ($3.2M) Expenses 102 ($3.0M) Net assets 106 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 111 ($3.4M) Expenses 108 ($3.2M) Net assets 115 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 77 ($2.3M) Expenses 74 ($2.2M) Net assets 125 ($2.4M)2021 Revenue 107 ($3.3M) Expenses 89 ($2.7M) Net assets 158 ($3.1M)2022 Revenue 119 ($3.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 185 ($3.6M)2023 Revenue 123 ($3.8M) Expenses 121 ($3.6M) Net assets 196 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 138 ($4.2M) Expenses 138 ($4.1M) Net assets 204 ($4.0M)2025 Revenue 145 ($4.4M) Expenses 144 ($4.3M) Net assets 215 ($4.2M)
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Revenue (145)Expenses (144)Net assets (215)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $3.1M (+27%).

$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$3.1M
$3.6M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.2M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 2%. 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.

$66k
’17
$118k
’18
$155k
’19
$120k
’20
$611k
’21
$661k
’22
$138k
’23
$95k
’24
$135k
’25
4.5
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

Kelly Gaines

Exec. Dir.

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed232222343435353635
Joined·+6+0+18+0+7+1+8+1
No longer listed·70606172
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $13k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $11M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Southern Tennis Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS 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.

Where its funders are

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

NY

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

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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 TENNIS 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

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 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

35
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC?
NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,541 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ($42,541). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $42,541 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC?
UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $42,541 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA TENNIS 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing