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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$821,251
Total expenses
$798,220
Contributions and grants received
$821,251
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,274,065
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,432
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,269,633
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$710,403
Management and general expenses
$76,809
Fundraising expenses
$11,008
Program service expenses (Part III)
$710,403

Program services were 89.0% 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

    $821,251

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $275,604 · program services $254,875 · management and general $10,365 · fundraising $10,364

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $267,307 · program services $247,203 · management and general $20,104

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,167 · program services $8,477 · management and general $690

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,251 · program services $31,675 · management and general $1,932 · fundraising $644

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,561 · management and general $16,561

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,037 · program services $68,911 · management and general $126

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,804 · program services $9,025 · management and general $5,779

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,646 · management and general $8,646

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,600 · program services $5,587 · management and general $3,013

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,849 · program services $12,391 · management and general $458

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,676 · program services $4,518 · management and general $1,158

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAUNCH

    total $6,615 · program services $6,615

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $5,250 · management and general $5,250

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals and entertainment

    total $1,705 · program services $362 · management and general $1,343

  • 24d · Other expenses: Staff development

    total $1,186 · management and general $1,186

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $962 · program services $764 · management and general $198

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,247,428 · end of year $1,274,065

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $826 · end of year $4,432

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,236,602 · end of year $1,223,669

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $45,964

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The mission of North Carolina Business Leaders for Education (DBA BEST NC)is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve North Carolina's education system. Our goal is for every student to graduate with the knowledge, skills and behaviors to succeed in a competitive global economy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Dramatically transform and improve education in North Carolina.

  • Research/Communications: Motivated by best practices and solid research, BEST NC believes that curating and sharing data and information broadly with education stakeholders will lead to better conversations and ideas. Our primary communication resource is the NC Education Facts and Figures Guide and accompanying education data sets (www.ncedfacts.org). We share this information both directly with education stakeholders and widely through social media.

    Expenses $516,868

  • State vision/Collaboration: BEST NC believes that North Carolina is uniquely positioned to lead the nation in developing and implementing transformative education strategies. With that goal in mind, we regularly convene education stakeholders to develop specific, actionable strategies toward a shared education vision. Motivated by the excellence education vision (www.excellencenc.org) that was created in collaboration with hundreds of stakeholders, BEST NC has convened regular conversations around elevating educators for student success, setting high standards and meaningful accountability, and creating clear pathways from birth to 3rd grade reading.

    Expenses $193,535

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brenda Berg

    Pres/CEO

    Total calculated
    $275,604
    From this org
    $273,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,753
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,851
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,753
    Filer's total
    $275,604
  • Bob Barnhill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zach Clayton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Riley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Neill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Spangler Nelson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Pope

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Sutton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Purvis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Belk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Williams

    Board Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Walter McDowell III

    Chair & Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323069349300127

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