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← CAROLINA LEADERSHIP COALITION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CAROLINA LEADERSHIP COALITION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,138,400
Total expenses
$1,252,425
Contributions and grants received
$1,138,400
Grants paid
$500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$143,176
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$143,176
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$578,426
Management and general expenses
$573,424
Fundraising expenses
$100,575
Program service expenses (Part III)
$578,426

Program services were 46.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,138,400

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $12,300

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,138,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,500 · management and general $71,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,023 · management and general $9,023

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,148 · management and general $4,148

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $88,275 · fundraising $88,275

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $894 · management and general $894

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,949 · program services $3,949

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,477 · program services $8,477

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,378 · management and general $1,378

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $464,530 · management and general $464,530

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLLING

    total $66,000 · program services $66,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: WEBSITE SERVICES

    total $21,540 · management and general $21,540

  • 24d · Other expenses: IN-KIND OFFSET ET CARE

    total $12,300 · fundraising $12,300

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $411 · management and general $411

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $257,201 · end of year $143,176

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $257,201 · end of year $143,176

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE EDUCATION, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING POSITIVE BENEFITS OF LOWER TAXATION AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

  • CONTRIBUTED TO A SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES CONSERVATIVE POLICIES FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ENCOURAGES LOWER TAXATION AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $500,000 · Grants $500,000

  • THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORED A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS REGARDING BUDGET AND OTEHR ISSUES AND PUBLICIZED THE RESULTS.

    Expenses $38,500

  • CO-SPONSORED A CHARLOTTE LUNCHEON WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND NC SENATE AND HOUSE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO REVIEW A STATEWIDE ISSUES POLL AND ADDRESS ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

    Expenses $30,882

  • THE ORGANIZATION SPONSORED TWO EVENTS. (1) A RALEIGH DINNER WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND NC LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO ADDRESS BUDGET AND OTHER ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. (2) A PUBLIC LUNCHEON PRESENTATION BY AUTHOR PATRICK RUFFINI TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK ENTITLED PARTY OF THE PEOPLE: INSIDE THE MULTIRACIAL POPULIST COALITION REMAKING THE GOP, WHICH ADDRESSES HOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STRUGGLES AS THEY SEEK TO UNITE WORKING-CLASS VOTERS IN A MULTI-RACIAL, CROSS-GENERATIONAL POPULIST COALITION. TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES 9,044.

    Expenses $9,044

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Luethy

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $71,500
    From this org
    $71,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Murchison B Biggs

    SECRETARY &

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Lindsey Griffin

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeffery B Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • D Victor Edwards

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513209349301721

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