North Carolina · Nonprofit
ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI
ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,028,232 to it, the largest being ANONYMOUS TRUST U/A DATED 2-4-2008 ($700,222). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Roanoke Island Historical Associati does
Mission
The mission of Roanoke Island Historical Association (riha) is to commemorate the history of the first english colonies in north america on roanoke island, north carolina. The mission is primarily accomplished by the annual production of the symphonic outdoor drama, the lost colony, and through educationally engaging events and programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Stage production - each summer the outdoor drama "the lost colony" is produced for the general public by the association.
$2,348,486 spent$1,163,227 earned by the program93% of program spendingHousing - the association owns apartments which are rented to the cast/staff members during the summer production months.
$170,355 spent$50,954 earned by the program7% of program spendingEducation and community outreach - the association provides education to its employees and recognition and awards to the community.
$18,567 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,537,408.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8.5M to $13M (+54%).
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 6% · 2018 5% · 2019 8% · 2020 47% · 2021 10% · 2022 24% · 2023 6% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $109k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI’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
ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 84% · 2021 100% · 2022 48% · 2023 92% — 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
29% of ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
100% of ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI'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. $119k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI: 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 ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI?
- ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,028,232 to it, the largest being ANONYMOUS TRUST U/A DATED 2-4-2008 ($700,222). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,028,232 in grants to ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI?
- ANONYMOUS TRUST U/A DATED 2-4-2008 is the largest funder on record, with $700,222 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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