North Carolina · Nonprofit
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $48,810 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($48,810). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $659k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Partnership for the Sounds Inc does
Mission
To promote sustainable, community-driven economic well-being and stewardship in the albemarle-pamlico region through environmental education, and nature-based and cultual tourism.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Facility expense for 3 environmental education centers and 1 visitor's center - nc estuarium, washington, nc; columbia theater & tyrrell county visitor's center, columbia, nc and r/c river center, windsor, nc. Facilities serve as focal points for environmental education, tourism, and local activities in local communities and region. Our facilities and programming welcomed thousands of visitors to the region for the fiscal year, including thousands of school children, local residents, north carolinians from across the state, citizens of other states and travelers from foreign countries. Programs we provided include esturine ecology, wildlife, native american heritage, agricultural history, regional cuisine, artistic expression, maritime life and more.
$609,170 spent72% of program spendingFacility expense for 3 environmental education centers and 1 visitor's
$240,631 spent28% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $849,801.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $1.5M (−15%).
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: 2021 90% · 2022 85% · 2023 87% · 2024 83% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
David L Clegg
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS 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
100% of PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
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.
Against its field
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC's revenue grew 34% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC?
- PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $48,810 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($48,810). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $48,810 in grants to PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS INC?
- THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $48,810 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SOUNDS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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