North Carolina · Nonprofit
US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC
US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,092 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ($636,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $875k
- Net assets
- $73M
What US National Whitewater Center Inc does
Mission
Whitewater is an outdoor lifestyle brand centered on the promotion, protection, and management of resources supporting access to recreational experiences. Whitewater's mission is to facilitate access to this lifestyle by lowering barriers and inspiring people to engage. This mission is rooted in the belief that all human beings share a genetic code that compels us to play outside. Whitewater provides accessibility to a variety of the best recreational activities within the southeastern united states, including whitewater and flatwater paddling, climbing, running, cycling, hiking, fishing, and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule othe usnwc hosted approximately 1,400,000 individuals during fiscal year 2024-2025 to engage in an active healthy lifestyle. These individuals participated in over 20 activities offered on the 1,300 acres of woodlands protected along the catawba river. The campus offered over 50 miles of trails and hosted 8 festivals, 65 music events, and 260 yoga sessions at no cost to the public. In addition 38 race events were held. Uswnc guests included groups (e.g. Clubs, scouts, churches, military, schools) and individuals (e.g. Families, friends) that engaged in numerous recreational activities and team-building excercises. The outdoor activities offered included whitewater rafting, kayaking, paddleboarding, climbing, ziplines, adventure courses, mountain biking, ice skating, whitewater kayaking, team-building, canopy tours and youth camps. Additionally, the center provided swiftwater rescue training for numerous first responder agencies from across the united states.
$25,118,124 spent$30,099,709 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $25,118,124.
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 $52M to $61M (+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.
1% of US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $7k → $535.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER 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
US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
73% 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 US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 93% — 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
US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92 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
US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 184 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Whitewater Middleburg LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC?
- US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $875,092 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ($636,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $875,092 in grants to US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC?
- WELLSPRING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA is the largest funder on record, with $636,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER 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 6 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