North Carolina · Nonprofit
RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $998,513 to it, the largest being THE GOLDEN LEAF INC ($998,513). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $170k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $999k
- Net assets
- $748k
What Rutherford County Economic Development Corporation does
Mission
To cultivate economic development opportunities for rutherford county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Receives donations from local businesses and uses the donation to further the economy development and industry growth in rutherford county.
The organization purchases and manages shovel ready business park properties within the county as a means to cultivate further economic and industrial growth in rutherford county. Costs within the business park(s) are paid by the organization and a portion is reimbursed by other business park property owners through regime fees. Proceeds frpm sale of business park property is reinvested and used to cultivate further economic and industrial development.
$23,594 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,594.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $358k to $685k (+91%).
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.
99% of RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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 RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'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
RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $998,513 to it, the largest being THE GOLDEN LEAF INC ($998,513). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $998,513 in grants to RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
- Who is the largest funder of RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- THE GOLDEN LEAF INC is the largest funder on record, with $998,513 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUTHERFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 2018–2025), 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