North Carolina · Nonprofit
REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC
REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,831 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($431,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Refugee Support Services of the Carolinas Inc does
Mission
The mission of refugee support services is to facilitate programs and intercultural relationships that promote individual autonomy, promote social capital, and enrich our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Refugee assistance and education: rss operates a help center consisting of five core components: the navigation and networking program (help desk direct assistance), the mentoring and support program (fruitful friends), the youth education program (love & learn), the food & community information program (park & pick market), and the artisan and workforce development program (knit together group). Services provided are unique to our community of impact and designed to assist with essential skills and support as we work together to build a more welcoming charlotte.
$1,017,592 spentof which $173,086 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,017,592.
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 2024 to 2025, from $777k to $1.1M (+44%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 6% · 2022 21% · 2023 37% · 2024 51% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Noah Pollack
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income rose $72k → $126k.
9 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 27 funders by total. 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
REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 53% · 2019 41% · 2020 47% · 2021 59% · 2022 36% · 2023 47% — broadly stable.
“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
41% of REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
96% of REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC'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. $525k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS 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 REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC?
- REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,831 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($431,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,064,831 in grants to REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $431,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS 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 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing