North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY
THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,476 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $350k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What The North Caroliniana Society does
Mission
To promote interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation for north carolina history and culture through historical preservation, library service, and perpetuation of state literary and cultural heritage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
History day - 18,000 grant: north carolina history day, an affiliate of the national history day program, is a yearlong academic program that engages students in grades 6 through 12 with the discovery of history. Students choose historical topics related to an annual theme, conduct extensive primary and secondary research, analyze, and interpret their sources, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and present their work in one of five categories - historical papers, websites, exhibits, performances, or documentaries. Students first compete in one of the seven regional contests across the state. Regional finalists are then invited to attend the state contest. The top two finalists in each category and division are then selected to represent n.c. At the national contest. With guidance from staff and judges, students can improve their projects at each stage of the competition and continue to research and learn. The society began support of national history day in north carolina in 1998 when it became the first organization to sponsor special prizes. That support has grown into annual sponsorship of the program, and a contribution of 18,000 was awarded to the…
$128,108 spentof which $114,976 as grants57% of program spendingArchie k. Davis fellowships assisted scholars with travel to north carolina's historical resources, thus promoting research and study in the history and culture of north carolina. Scholars seek access to manuscripts and other original source materials available in libraries at the university of north carolina at chapel hill, duke university, and nc state university, and manuscript collections of the nc department of natural and cultural resources, division of archives and history. For year ended june 30, 2025, The North Caroliniana Society awarded four (4) archie k. Davis fellowships.
$19,626 spentof which $17,000 as grants9% of program spendingIn 2016, committed to supporting our state's k-12 teachers, the society and carolina k-12, a program of carolina public humanities at unc-ch, developed the william friday teacher education initiative. The goal of this now widely acclaimed initiative is to equally educate and appreciate our state's hard-working educators through free, quality professional development events, teacher retreats, and resources. Annual william friday teacher retreats: these unique retreats provide k-12 teachers with three dynamic days to learn about north carolina's captivating history, literature, and culture in an academic, professional, and celebratory retreat atmosphere. Each agenda strategically integrates: presentations on compelling topics from north carolina history, literature, culture, current events, and more, from engaging scholars, authors & performers in order to deepen participant's content knowledge interactive exploration of innovative teaching strategies and coordinating lesson plans to help teachers translate what they learn to their k-12 students immersive experiences (tours, museum visits, performances, etc.) that connect to program themes exploration of primary sources and online…
$44,626 spentof which $42,000 as grants20% of program spendingNorth caroliniana society published an imprint and an annual report; presented the annual north caroliniana society award, north caroliniana society book award and william stevens powell award.
$33,121 spent$91 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $225,481.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.1M to $5.7M (+38%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $4k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY’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 NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
35% 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 THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 59% · 2020 36% · 2021 87% · 2022 46% · 2023 64% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY'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. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY: 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 NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY?
- THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,476 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $42,476 in grants to THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY?
- TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY 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.
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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing