North Carolina · Nonprofit
Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc
Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,739,373 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($1,693,258). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc does
Mission
To advocate for and equip african americans and all underserved communities with the tools to achieve social and economic equality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ULCC Workforce Development Program added an electrical training class for the first time in 2023. ULCC served 105 people, and 91 of them graduated from the programming, and 75 were placed in a career with an average hourly wage of $18.00. Across all programming, we experienced our highest placement rates to date at 85%.
$883,748 spent41% of program spendingThe Alternatives to Violence (ATV) program is a community-based initiative managed by the Urban League of Central Carolinas that provides support to the residents of Southwest Charlotte. The program is designed to deter crime through violence intervention and proactive community outreach. ATV utilizes a community violence interruption model to stabilize neighborhoods and address local safety concerns. In addition to intervention, the program connects participants to vital resources for housing, jobs, mental and physical wellness, and re-entry support. By focusing on these core areas, the initiative works to empower underserved communities and create alternatives to physical conflict.
$877,161 spent41% of program spendingNational Urban League of Central Carolinas partnered with our affiliate to raise awareness in the community about healthcare. Our most successful strategy was using what ULCC already has, People Power! Urban League is one of the most trusted Brands in the community. ULCC increased its presence in the community at events that were not specifically geared toward health and wellness, but we brought All-in materials for distribution and used the opportunity to engage with community members and spread the word about COVID prevention, most importantly vaccines. We reached over 2500 people through this initiative and gained 12 community partnerships. Through Project Urban Alert, the Urban League of Central Carolinas has continued its partnership with Mecklenburg County ABC in 2025 by providing substance misuse prevention education, youth engagement, and community awareness initiatives throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. The program has focused on increasing awareness around the impact of alcohol, vaping, opioids, and other substances while also connecting participants to supportive resources and prevention strategies. Through workshops, outreach events, and collaborative community…
$391,507 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,152,416.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.8M to $3.7M (+34%).
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 40% · 2018 35% · 2019 22% · 2020 22% · 2021 20% · 2022 17% · 2023 27% · 2024 57% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Robyn Hamilton
President & CEO
Board chair
Aenis S Harris Jr
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $675k → $386k.
6 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 45% · 2019 57% · 2020 34% · 2021 29% · 2022 29% · 2023 26% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
53% of Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc'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. $594k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Government funding Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $900k on record.
- Department of Justice$900k
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 Urban League of Central Carolinas 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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc?
- Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,739,373 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($1,693,258). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $5,739,373 in grants to Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,693,258 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Urban League of Central Carolinas 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 39 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing