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← ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,462,065
Total expenses
$2,683,207
Contributions and grants received
$3,372,547
Grants paid
$224,956
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$89,518
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,244,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,493,870
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,750,686
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,883,562
Management and general expenses
$799,645
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,883,562

Program services were 70.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,372,547

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $89,518 · excluded $89,518

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $224,956 · program services $224,956

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $189,322 · program services $91,491 · management and general $97,831

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $581,718 · program services $351,461 · management and general $230,257

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,395 · management and general $11,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,692 · management and general $46,692

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,155 · management and general $62,155

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,315 · program services $8,918 · management and general $25,397

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,600 · program services $9,512 · management and general $27,088

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $575,196 · program services $413,324 · management and general $161,872

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $692,274 · program services $665,749 · management and general $26,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,943 · program services $15,147 · management and general $41,796

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,308 · program services $12,119 · management and general $28,189

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,600 · management and general $18,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,845 · program services $41,901 · management and general $6,944

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44,162 · program services $43,243 · management and general $919

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,022 · management and general $6,022

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES & TAXES

    total $4,890 · program services $3,396 · management and general $1,494

  • 24b · Other expenses: AWARDS AND PRIZES

    total $4,744 · program services $1,262 · management and general $3,482

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,070 · program services $1,083 · management and general $2,987

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,085,886 · end of year $2,331,073

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,475,084

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $410,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $810,477 · end of year $20,184

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $7,350

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $865

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,611 · end of year $18,786

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $870,375 · end of year $1,475,084

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,002,377 · end of year $2,750,686

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BUILD POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

  • ORGANIZING/GOTV: IN 2024, WE INCREASED OUR FOCUS AND EFFORTS ON TOWARDS 365 YEAR-ROUND ORGANIZING IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT IN TARGETED AND DISENFRANCHISED AREAS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE MAPS WERE REDRAWN AS A RESULT OF THE REDISTRICTING EFFORTS. OUR ON THE GROUND EFFORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LAID PREVIOUSLY MEANT THAT WE COULD SPEND LESS CRITICAL TIME BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND LAYING FOUNDATION BUT CAN INSTEAD UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES TO FORTIFY AND EXPAND OUR PROGRAMMING TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND TURNOUT. WE ARE ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WITH STRATEGY TO EXPAND OUR COUNTY AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES BY ENHANCING OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING WITH COUNTY TABLES AND REGIONAL SESSIONS. COMMUNICATING WITH A LOCAL LENS: NARROW POLICY AND ISSUE COMMUNICATION TO ENGAGE LOCAL VOTERS THROUGH COUNTY AND REGIONAL STRUCTURES, DEVELOPING LOCAL NARRATIVES AROUND ISSUES TO AID PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS, WITH AN EMPHASIS IN RURAL COUNTIES. YEAR ROUND ORGANIZING TO MAINTAIN OUR LOCAL PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN COMMUNITIES IN 2023 AND BEYOND BY EXTENDING AND EXPANDING OUR REGIONAL ORGANIZING HARBORS INTO NEW STRATEGIC COUNTIES, PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO CONSISTENT YEAR-ROUND PHYSICAL PRESENCE ACROSS THE STATE IN COMMUNITY. EXPANDING VOLUNTEER BASE: INCREASE THE VOLUNTEER BASE BY CREATING PATHWAYS OF ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ENGAGING LOCAL/STATE ISSUES, ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOODS AND VOTERS WITH SPORADIC VOTING HISTORY AND HOLDING REGULAR EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,865,644 · Grants $224,956

  • ISSUE BASED ADVOCACY / OTHER PRIMARY PURPOSE PROGRAMMING: ANOTHER WAY OF FULFILLING OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE AS AN ORGANIZATION IS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA BY CONNECTING ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS. IN 2024 ADVANCE CAROLINA PRODUCED SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL CONTEXT AND ELECTED OFFICES THAT IMPACT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

    Expenses $10,502

  • ADVANCE NOTICE: OUR PODCAST ESTABLISHED TO HELP ADDRESS POLICY CONCERNS IN THESE ISSUE AREAS: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, HEALTHCARE, HOMELESSNESS, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THEY ARE RESEARCHED AND RESPONDED TO BY OUR ORGANIZATION. THIS ALLOWS INFORMATION TO BE SHARED ON A DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR MAXIMUM OUTREACH.

    Expenses $7,416

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Courtney Crowder

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kara Hollingsworth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonia Barnes

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Viola Harris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Moses Mathews

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Dale McClellan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dionne Lester

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $85,706
    From this org
    $66,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,855
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marcus Bass

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,616
    From this org
    $84,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,036
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • GEORGE C SMIKINS MEMORIAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

    $50,000

    MAXIMIZE VOTER PARTICIPATION OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN GUILFORD COUNTY

  • COLUMBUS COUNTY FORUM

    $45,000

    TO EXPAND VOTER ACCESS TO THE POLLS IN 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION, AID IN PROVIDING GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS IN BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES

  • RALEIGH WAKE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

    $30,000

    SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT DURING EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY COVERING 15 OUT OF 22 EARLY VOTING SITES IN RALEIGH AND WAKE COUNTY

  • BLADEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

    $30,000

    TO EMPOWER AND MOBILIZE VOTERS ACROSS COLUMBUS AND BLADEN COUTIES TO ENSURE SIGNIFICANT VOTER TURNOUT IN THE 2024 ELECTION

  • 1000 WOMEN STRONG EDUCATION FUND

    $20,000

    TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE TO BUILD CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, KEEP THOSE IN AUTHORITY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE, AND PROMOTE POLICIES THAT UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY

  • FORSYTH BLACK CAUCUS PAC

    $20,000

    TO GALVANIZE ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCH AND PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITIES TO LAUNCH FORSYTH COUNTY'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INCLUSION

  • LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN TOGETHER INC

    $15,000

    TO PROVIDE GENERAL VOTER TURNOUT TRAINING IN HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTY TO INCREAE VOTER PARTICIPATION DURING EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY

  • THE ENTITY ENTERPRISE

    $12,000

    TO AID IN CANVASSING IN THE WASHINGTON, HYDE, AND BERTIE COUNTIES TO EMPHASIZE AND EDUCATE ON THE NEED TO VOTE FOR FOOD PANTRY CLIENTS AGES 18-45 YEARS OF AGE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349318793

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