North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE POISE PROJECT
THE POISE PROJECT (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,207 to it, the largest being PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ($73,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $1k
What The Poise Project does
Mission
Personal Social Services. Our mission is to support the public in maintaining poise, dignity, and personal growth through all stages and challenges of life by using the principles of Alexander technique. We are committed to removing barriers to access for our services and in this way making Alexander technique training accessible across broad socioeconomic groups including people living with chronic conditions, their family care partners, and children and youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Conferences Attended with Symposium Presentations, Exhibiting and Continuing Ed Trainings. - -1) Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Conference, August 15-17, 2024 (Virtual). Executive Director attended three-day virtual conference on how to bring integrative practices to low income and marginalized communities along with a Poise Project team of three Alexander professionals. -- 2) Integrative Clinic for Group Medical Visits Conference: "Group Visits as Medicine", September 13, 2024 (Virtual), Presented a session: "The importance of including care partners in group interventions for people living with neurodegenerative disease." Research abstract/poster presented: "'Partnering with Poise': Retention of cognitive, emotional, and physical benefits for care partners of people living with Parkinson's disease at 6 and 12 months after completion of an in-person Alexander-based group course. -- 3) International Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Society Conference 2024, Philadelphia PA, September 26-October 1, 2024. Had a four-member Poise Project Team to advocate for AT at a five-day conference in Philadelphia. 4,800 delegates attended from 100+ countries, including medical…
$4,645 spent29% of program spendingResearch Publications: 1) Cacciatore, T.W., Anderson, D.I., Cohen, R.G. (2024). Central contributions to muscle tone and tonic regulation: potential targets for pain and performance. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18, 1511783. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1511783 2) M. Gross, R. Cohen, C. Condie. (2024). Alexander technique remote-delivery group course for people living with Parkinson's improves motor plan assembly time with correlated improvement in function [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2024; 39 (suppl 1) 3) Gross M, Lansang N, Gopaul U, Yoney K, Ogawa EF, Heyn PC, Sood P, Omar Z, Zanwar PP, Schwertfeger J, Faieta J. (2024). What Do I Need to Know About Long COVID-related Breathing Problems? Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Oct 4:S0003-9993(24)01185-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.06.024 4) Hodges, M., Cohen, R.G., Cacciatore, T.W. (2024). Modern pain science and Alexander technique: How might Alexander technique reduce pain? Kinesiology Review, 13(4), 548-557 5) Mirza, M., Trimboli, C., Hartman, J., Gamble, A., Rfat, M., Bentley, J., Gross, M., Alheresh, R., Hussein, Q., & Markos, T. (2024). Examining Barriers to Rehabilitation and Addressing Rehabilitation Needs Among Persons With Forced Migration…
$0 spent0% of program spendingProfessional Continuing Ed Trainings: -- 1) How to teach The Poise Project curriculum via Zoom June 24, July 1, 8, 10 & 25, 2024. Led a five-day training online for two AT teachers in how to deliver The Poise Project's workshop curriculum effectively online via Zoom. Part of The Poise Project's 2024 Boston/Providence Regional Project. -- 2) Winterville NC, July 24-30. Trained care partner Nina Reed to do peer-to-peer online delivery of the "Partnering with Poise" course for people of color. -- 3) "Poised for Parkinson's: Manage Balance, Walking & Freezing" workshop curriculum training, August 11, 18 & 21-26, 2024, Asheville NC. Led a two-day online and six-day training in Asheville NC for one instructor in how to deliver The Poise Project's four-lesson evidence-based workshop curriculum for people living with Parkinson's and their families. -- 4) "Poised for Parkinson's: Manage Balance, Walking & Freezing" workshop curriculum training, September 14 & 15, & 20-25, 2024, Philadelphia PA. Led a two-day online and six-day training in Philadelphia PA for three instructors in how to deliver The Poise Project's four-lesson evidence-based workshop curriculum for people living with…
$4,550 spent28% of program spendingMembership Networking Groups and Task Forces: -- 1) Active participation in 16 networking groups and task forces through the American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) related to Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain, Stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Geriatric, Brain Injury, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Athlete and Sports, Military & Veterans, and Refuguees and Asylees. -- 2) Active participation in 2 Cognitive Research Professional Interest Area (PIA) virtual meetings with the Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART). -- 3) Attended monthly International Somatic Movement & Therapy Association (ISMETA)'s Somatic Cafés and Community Connect meetings throughout the year with somatic movement educator and therapist colleagues on a variety of subjects. -- 4) Participated in two ongoing action-group team meetings with the Alexander Technique Liberation Project (ATLP) focused on Alexander Technique Pedagogy, and on making Alexander Technique More Accessible to the Public. -- 5) Monthly meetings with The Developing Self USA, on the ongoing project to bring AT-related curriculum to children and youth in…
$1,500 spent9% of program spendingCommittee Work: -- 1) American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee member; Member Engagement Subcommittee member. -- 2) International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association (ISMETA) - Research & Publications Committee Member.
$350 spent2% of program spendingPublic Courses and Workshops Delivered: -- 1) "Partnering with Poise" 12 Week Course, August 20-November 12, 2024. Launched twelve week online course for care partners of people living with dementia or other cognitive challenges, taught by Monika Gross. Funded by a grant from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. 8 care partners began the course, and 4 more who were not able to attend at the meeting time particpated by following the recordings of sessions. -- 2) "Partnering with Poise" 12 Week Course, September 10-December 3, 2024. Launched twelve week online course for care partners of people living with dementia or other cognitive challenges, taught by Monika Gross. Funded by a grant from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. 12 care partners began the course. -- 3) Parkinson's Association of the Carolinas Wellness Group, October 16, 2024. Virtual Webinar. Led an interactive online workshop with people living with PD and their care partners as part of PAC's monthly wellness webinar series. 25 attendees. -- 4) "Partnering with Poise" Peer-to-Peer Led Affinity Group for Black family care partners launched, October 28, 2024. Began to test feasibility (recruitment and retention)…
$1,500 spentof which $6,000 as grants9% of program spendingExhibited at Events (Advocacy): -- 1) Parkinson's Association of the Carolinas Annual Syposium, September 7, 2024. Charlotte NC. Had an information/exhibit table at the PAC annual symposium. Over 150 attendees, and good traffic at our table. Made good contact with corporate sponsors there who may be funders for our programming. -- 2) Parkinson's Foundation Moving Day event, October 12, 2024. Boston MA. TEAM - Monika Gross, Lisa Sailor. The Poise Project informed the local Parkinson's communities about AT at Moving Day(R) events around the country. Table with handout materials and Alexander mini-lesson "Poise Tune Ups". Took photos for The Poise Project Tip Card "Takeaways" project. -- 3) Alzheimer's Family Support Center of Cape Cod, Walk for Alzheimer's event, October 13, 2024. Provincetown MA. TEAM - Monika Gross, Holly Dobbs. The Poise Project informed the local Alzheimer's communities about AT. Table with handout materials and Alexander mini-lesson "Poise Tune Ups". Focus on care partners of people living with AD. -- 4) ACRM Stroke ISIG Movement Interventions TF, March 10, 2025. (Virtual) Led Team Preparation and Moderated a robust presentation/debate on "Compensation vs.…
$3,225 spent20% of program spendingSomatics Membership Organizations: Participation & Public Advocacy: -- 1) Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) Annual General Meeting, July 13, 2024. Executive Director Monika Gross attended a virtual AGM for STAT as a voting member. -- 2) American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) Annual General Meeting, July 13, 2024. Executive Director Monika Gross attended a virtual AGM for AmSAT as a voting member. -- 3) International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association (ISMETA), October 19, 2024. Virtual AGM. Attended online annual meeting of the International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association. -- 4) Alexander Technique International (ATI) Annual Meeting, November 9-10 & 16-17, 2024. Executive Director Monika Gross attended a virtual AGM for ATI as a voting member. -- 5) American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT), Annual General Meeting, June 21, 2025. Supported including more inclusive language and commitments in AmSAT bylaws.
$300 spent2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,070.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $12k to $2k (−81%).
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.
77% of THE POISE PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Marcia Menter
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $23k → $19k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 POISE PROJECT’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 POISE PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
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 THE POISE PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 69% — 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
THE POISE PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
THE POISE PROJECT's revenue fell 45% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE POISE PROJECT: 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 POISE PROJECT?
- THE POISE PROJECT (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,207 to it, the largest being PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ($73,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE POISE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $116,207 in grants to THE POISE PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE POISE PROJECT?
- PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $73,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE POISE PROJECT 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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