North Carolina · Nonprofit
SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC
SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,208,875 to it, the largest being USAGING ($732,200). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $602k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $11k
What Shackle Free Community Outreach Agency Inc does
Mission
To promote holistic well-being equity and self-reliance in historically marginalized communities. Our purpose is to educate inspire advocate consult counsel and increase awareness in rural communities of color and beyond in support of a better way of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
NCDIT services assist rural communities and targeted populations in closing the digital divide by providing access to digital literacy tools and other relevant supports.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
USAging services support senior and elderly populations access to flu and COVID-19 information vaccinations and other related services. 31,831 persons served.
$360,040 spent$367,351 earned by the program66% of program spendingNCDIT assists rural communities and targeted populations in closing the digital divide by providing access to digital literacy tools and other relevant supports. 4,168 persons served.
$28,624 spent$66,666 earned by the program5% of program spendingFoundation for a Healthy North Dakota assisted in implementing the Shackle Free Buzz Barber and Beautician Community Health Ambassador Initiative to assist North Dakotans in improving their overall health & well-being. In 2024 this program was in the assessment and planning stages and had not yet reached the implementation stage by December 31 2024. Therefore no participants were served during 2024. The program terminated March 2025 due to federal funding cuts.
$27,340 spent$31,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingBluePrint Economic Justice Grant
$21,840 spent$26,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingBluePrint NC One Stop Grant
$24,484 spent$22,222 earned by the program4% of program spendingBluePrint NC PPE Grant
$5,825 spent$7,500 earned by the program1% of program spendingBluePrint NC Voter Registration Grant
$25,729 spent$25,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingBluePrint NC MOI Grant
$18,349 spent$25,502 earned by the program3% of program spendingNCCounts Grant
$11,253 spent$1,200 earned by the program2% of program spendingNNICE Grant
$15,847 spent$15,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingRISE Grant
$4,660 spent$3,619 earned by the program1% of program spendingNC Budget & Tax Grant
$4,800 spent$3,750 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $548,791.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $180 to $7k (+3681%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Chiquitta Lesene
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $42k → $601k.
From the IRS filings of SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 82% · 2022 61% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC?
- SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,208,875 to it, the largest being USAGING ($732,200). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,208,875 in grants to SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY INC?
- USAGING is the largest funder on record, with $732,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHACKLE FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AGENCY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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