North Carolina · Nonprofit
TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC
TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,697). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $-6468929
What Triangle Charter Education Association Inc does
Mission
The triangle charter educational association is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. The association is comprised of respected leaders within the state of north carolina who are committed to providing high quality educational options for the citizens of the state. The association governs cardinal charter academy and cardinal charter academy at wendell falls.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Cardinal charter academy and cardinal charter academy at wendell falls are tuition-free public charter schools educating students who reside in north carolina. The schools currently serve students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The academies' mission is to build a student-centered learning environment that is project-based and technology-driven, enabling students to reach their academic potential. The schools emphasize academic success through the use of data to address the diverse and individualized needs of students. Cardinal charter academy fosters a culture of innovation and inquiry, using technology as a key instructional medium.
$8,340,054 spent$362,968 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,340,054.
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 2020 to 2021, from $10M to $24M (+129%).
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: 2017 94% · 2018 94% · 2019 95% · 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 90% · 2023 84% · 2024 95% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 of the last 9 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $302 → $88.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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
TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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
85% 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 TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 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
85% of TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC'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 $288 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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.
Against its field
TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31k on record.
- Department of Education$31k
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 TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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 TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,697). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,985 in grants to TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,697 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRIANGLE CHARTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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