North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC
THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,467 to it, the largest being MICKEY & KEELY PEARSON FOUNDATION INC ($11,467). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $103k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $50k
What The Nc Zeitgeist Foundation Inc does
Mission
All revenues and expenses are directly related to the organization's tax exempt purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The NC Zeigeist Foundationn Inc. works to inform and foster dialogue about Germany's current and historic influence of industry, culture and arts in the North Carolina region. The Foundation seeks to strengthen relationships between Germany and North Carolina. The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation supports the economic development and growth in the greater Charlotte region, including initiatives to brand and promote Charlotte as a premier U.S. location for international business, trade and investment.
$73,826 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $73,826.
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 2023 to 2024, from $31k to $50k (+61%).
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.
100% of THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Klaus Becker
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION 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
THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2018 100% · 2023 100% — 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
THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 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
THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION 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 THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC?
- THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,467 to it, the largest being MICKEY & KEELY PEARSON FOUNDATION INC ($11,467). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,467 in grants to THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC?
- MICKEY & KEELY PEARSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,467 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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