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THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER
THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,028 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($26,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $718k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $101k
- Net assets
- $260k
What The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center does
Mission
The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center is a nonprofit charitable organization that serves as a unique and valuable resource for Triangle-area nonprofits, connecting people with opportunities to serve and providing nonprofits needed support to strengthen our community. We do this by: 1) Strengthening Nonprofits; 2) Developing Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement; 3) Mobilizing Volunteers; 4) Fostering Corporate Volunteerism; 5) Supporting Human Service Programs in partnership Social Services. Founded in 1972 to address unmet community needs, the Center advances nonprofits and volunteerism as a true community-centric organization able to make a broad impact across all issue areas. The Center has the largest database in the Triangle (area of NC) and works with more than 1,300 nonprofits. Our vision is to be the Triangle's leading resource for nonprofits to create a vibrant and engaged community with the mission to inspire, strengthen and mobilize Nonprofits and Volunteers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nonprofit Resource Programming. The Center works to strengthen and build the capacity of nonprofits throughout the Triangle area, currently working with more than 1,200 nonprofits. By providing essential resources the Center helps these organizations maximize their impact and successfully fulfill their mission. Major services in this area include: 1) Nonprofit training, coaching & workshops focusing on recognized nonprofit best practices/strategies including the following: Service Enterprise which is a national program that helps nonprofits better leverage volunteers--especially highly skilled volunteers to substantially increase an organization's impact in the community. TNVLC is a national training HUB for North Carolina. The Nonprofit Monthly Training series which is ongoing monthly training (usually at no cost) that focuses on nonprofit operational best practices. TRIAVA (Triangle Area Volunteer Administrators) is an affiliated program of the NC Association of Nonprofit Administrators. We provide professional training and networking for nonprofit staff that manage volunteer programs. Fundraising/Revenue generation strategies are also included. 2) The Center coordinates…
$122,468 spent$128,742 earned by the program19% of program spendingStudent/Youth Leadership & Civic Engagement Programs. Youth programming offers students opportunities for civic engagement and helps to develop their leadership skills. Students gain valuable experience and can earn recognition for those efforts. Annually more than 800 youth participate in these programs. Major program areas include: 1) The Mayor's Award-designed for students that volunteer during their summer vacations; 2) The Commissioners' Award encourages students to volunteers during the school year; 3) TNVLC is a certifying organization for the President's Service Award- which has now been temporairily suspended; 4) The Student Action provides students monthly leadership training and reflective activities during the school year. Students also plan and execute service projects at nonprofits throughout the community; 5) The Civic Engagement Leadership Institute is an intensive specialized summer leadership camp for HS students that helps them understand the importance of being socially responsible and fosters civic engagement. They explore issues, hear from community leaders and work with nonprofits. Teams develop a Capstone project addressing a community need that is…
$104,429 spent$124,777 earned by the program16% of program spendingSocial Services Community Programs. The Center works closely with Durham County Social Services (DSS) to manage & coordinate several programs that help meet essential community needs. All persons assisted are DSS clients and all are referred by DSS social workers. These programs include many that are long-time community traditions. 1) For over 50 years, The Center has coordinated the Share Your Holiday (Christmas) program which helps provide children, families, the elderly and disabled (all DSS clients in need) with clothing, shoes, toys, and basic household needs at Christmas. Annually more than 2,000 clients are served-including over 1,100 children; 2) Thanksgiving Dinners program provides a nourishing meal during the Thanksgiving holiday. Eligible clients can receive either a full cooked meal for those who are unable to cook or do not have kitchens/stoves or they can receive an uncooked meal that they can prepare themselves. There are meal guidelines so all have ample portions. For those with transportation issues, these meals are delivered directly to their homes by volunteers. Each year more than 1,000 meals are provided--including more than 700 children; 3) Backpacks for…
$312,426 spent$329,386 earned by the program48% of program spendingVolunteer Mobilization- The Center serves as THE Volunteer Center for the Triangle region on North Carolina. The Center operates HandsOn Triangle which is an online volunteer matching program that connects individuals and groups with volunteer opportunities at area nonprofits. The system is enhanced to allow volunteers to search for opportunities based on a variety of factors such as nonprofit name, skills needed, location, dates. Ongoing and one-time opportunities are available. The Center also publicizes these to the entire Triangle area through promotional channels as special needs occur. Our Corporate engagement services link businesses with nonprofits allowing their employees to participate in meaningful volunteers and teambuilding projects. The Center also now manages the AmeriCorps Retired & Senior Volunteer Program for Durham County. We work with over 100 senior adults in more than 40 nonprofits throughout the community. Court-ordered Community Service volunteers are assisted to located opportunities as mandated by the court system. In addition, the Center helps students fulfill school-mandated community service hours. Specialized volunteer programs address emerging and…
$105,780 spent$109,685 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $645,103.
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 2020 to 2021, from $167k to $235k (+40%).
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: 2020 30% · 2021 30% · 2022 38% · 2023 35% · 2024 45% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Kim Shaw
Executive Director/CEO
Board chair
Monica Barnes
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $4k → $3k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER’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 TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
63% 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 TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 48% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $50k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER has grown faster than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $658k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$658k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER
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.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER?
- THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,028 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($26,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $101,028 in grants to THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TRIANGLE NONPROFIT & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP CENTER 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 10 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