North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION
THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $590,000 to it, the largest being THE BROCKMAN FOUNDATION ($590,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $226k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $590k
- Net assets
- $67k
What The Decoding Culture Foundation does
Mission
The Decoding Culture Foundation is dedicated to the study of cultural engineering, more specifically, to the investigation and general dissemination of the myriad ways the entertainment industry shapes public attitudes and values.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Journalistic research involving gathering records and conducting interviews regarding areas of cinema, music,television and other mass entertainment industries and how it shapes public attitudes and values.
$159,995 spent71% of program spendingScholarly research to develop and apply effective methodologies for interpreting the raw data that elucidate the manner in which the entertainment industry shapes public attitudes and values.
$63,853 spent29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $223,848.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $66k to $83k (+26%).
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 THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% 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.
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 THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION’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
THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.
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
THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION: 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 THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION?
- THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $590,000 to it, the largest being THE BROCKMAN FOUNDATION ($590,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $590,000 in grants to THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION?
- THE BROCKMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $590,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DECODING CULTURE FOUNDATION 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 2023–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing