North Carolina · Nonprofit
The Wilkes County Hall of Fame
The Wilkes County Hall of Fame (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,850 to it, the largest being THE LEONARD G HERRING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $349k
What The Wilkes County Hall of Fame does
Mission
Financial Support for Grants to Wilkes County Schools
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Grants to Wilkes County Elementary Schools for student instruction and extra curricular activities.
Grants to Wilkes County Middle Schools for student instruction and extra curricular activities.
Grants to Wilkes County High Schools for student instruction and extra curricular activities.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $299k to $349k (+17%).
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.
82% of The Wilkes County Hall of Fame’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $750 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of The Wilkes County Hall of Fame’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 Wilkes County Hall of Fame leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 91% · 2022 83% · 2023 89% — 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 Wilkes County Hall of Fame'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. 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 Wilkes County Hall of Fame runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like The Wilkes County Hall of Fame
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
95%
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 Wilkes County Hall of Fame: 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 Wilkes County Hall of Fame?
- The Wilkes County Hall of Fame (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,850 to it, the largest being THE LEONARD G HERRING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Wilkes County Hall of Fame have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $29,850 in grants to The Wilkes County Hall of Fame, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Wilkes County Hall of Fame?
- THE LEONARD G HERRING FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Wilkes County Hall of Fame 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