North Carolina · Nonprofit
PROJECT BOLT
PROJECT BOLT (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,241 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($82,241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $71k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $154k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Project Bolt does
Mission
Project BOLT is a Charlotte-based nonprofit established in 2017 to directly address the disparities of underserved populations in the community. The organization empowers community members to take control of their lives by providing unique approaches to meeting their needs. Project BOLT accomplishes their mission by leading the community in trust-building with the goal of reversing systemic inequities that plague communities of color.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Peer Mentoring Program for Middle and High School Students Youth Organizing Program for High School Students Re-Entry Program for Returning Citizens
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $34k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PROJECT BOLT’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
PROJECT BOLT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 PROJECT BOLT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 64% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of PROJECT BOLT's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like PROJECT BOLT
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
45% 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 PROJECT BOLT: 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 PROJECT BOLT?
- PROJECT BOLT (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,241 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($82,241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT BOLT have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $154,241 in grants to PROJECT BOLT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT BOLT?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $82,241 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT BOLT 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 7 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