North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION
UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,878 to it, the largest being South Arts Inc ($5,878). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $444k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $615k
What Uncw Research Foundation does
Mission
To pursue the development of research facilities and research projects for the university of north carolina at wilmington.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Marbionc development group, llc is a single-member llc of the Uncw Research Foundation. Its mission is to pursue economic development of research discoveries, materials, compounds, and/or intellectual property, as well as capital facilities for the use and benefit of the Uncw Research Foundation and the university through collaborative research relationships and/or contracting entities for faculty start-ups, private industry, and government or quasi-government institutions and agencies. Royalty distributions were given during fiscal year 2023 in relation to these intellectual properties.
$117,878 spent$118,497 earned by the program29% of program spendingUncw Research Foundation and the city of wilmington agreed to make public funds available to the research foundation to help establish the cie in order to serve the public interest by promoting and supporting economic growth and development within the city. Cie provides services and programs in the areas of small business training, mentoring programs, public events, and research services. Fund will be used for these purposes along with obtaining, equipping and staffing adequate office space and facilities for cie to conduct operations and provide services to small business.
$62,515 spent$50,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingSupporting development of intellectual property and regional economic development efforts in southeastern nc.
$229,873 spent$294,862 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $410,266.
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 2022 to 2023, from $519k to $602k (+16%).
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.
0% of UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Miles Lackey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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
UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
54% 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 UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.
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
UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Uncw Corporation Research I LLC · disregarded
- Marbionc Development Group LLC · disregarded
- The Crest Millenial Campus LLC · disregarded
- Uncw Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship LLC · disregarded
- University of North Carolina at Wilmington · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION: 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 UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,878 to it, the largest being South Arts Inc ($5,878). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,878 in grants to UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
- South Arts Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,878 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), 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