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← CAROLINA CYBER CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CAROLINA CYBER CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,847,943
Total expenses
$2,124,847
Contributions and grants received
$2,553,762
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$266,310
Investment income
$27,871
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,648,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$63,381
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,584,886
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,342,549
Management and general expenses
$782,298
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,342,549

Program services were 63.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,544,762

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $253,305 · related or exempt $253,305

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $13,005 · related or exempt $13,005

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,871 · excluded $27,871

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $345,944 · management and general $345,944

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $379,018 · program services $379,018

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $82,477 · program services $56,012 · management and general $26,465

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $60,089 · management and general $60,089

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $855,397 · program services $621,525 · management and general $233,872

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,309 · management and general $76,309

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,745 · management and general $26,745

  • 17 · Travel

    total $187,469 · program services $187,469

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,079 · management and general $6,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $98,525 · program services $98,525

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE AN

    total $6,795 · management and general $6,795

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $258,421

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $41,783

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $3,805

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $17,376

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,319

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,057

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,342,201

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $63,381

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $242,685

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $3,342,201

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CAROLINA CYBER CENTER OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE PATH TO CYBERSECURITY CAREERS. WE PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND FLEXIBLE TRAINING, ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE VITAL CERTIFICATIONS AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN LESS THAN A YEAR, EVEN WITHOUT AN IT BACKGROUND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE PATH TO CYBERSECURITY CAREERS IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

  • WE SUPPORT THE CAROLINA CYBER NETWORK'S MISSION TO BETTER PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN CYBERSECURITY AND STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY OF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE MANAGING AND SUPPORTING A SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC) ENVIRONMENT, WHERE OVER 200 STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 10 NC INSTITUTIONS HAVE GAINED HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE THROUGH SIMULATED EXERCISES AND REAL-WORLD CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS. WE HAVE PASSIVELY SCANNED AND ASSESSED THE CYBERSECURITY POSTURE OF OVER 1,000 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND HAVE DELIVERED CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS SESSIONS TO MORE THAN 75 SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES (SMBS) AND MUNICIPALITIES. WE ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING AND SECURING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT, AND HAVE HELPED DEVELOP A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCED CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $1,104,416 · Revenue $266,310

  • CITY OF REFUGE: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF REFUGE, WE DELIVERED A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM TO 30 STUDENTS ACROSS TWO COHORTS. OUR TEAM PROVIDED CURRICULUM AND HANDS-ON TRAINING DESIGNED TO EQUIP PARTICIPANTS WITH FOUNDATIONAL CYBERSECURITY KNOWLEDGE AND JOB-READY SKILLS. CITY OF REFUGE, KNOWN FOR ITS HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS, INTEGRATED THIS PROGRAM INTO ITS BROADER MISSION OF COMMUNITY REVITALIZATIONOFFERING RESOURCES SUCH AS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, JOB TRAINING, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. THIS INITIATIVE HELPED PARTICIPANTS TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARD STABLE, HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS IN CYBERSECURITY.

    Expenses $172,111

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST): THROUGH SUPPORT FROM THE DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST, THE CAROLINA CYBER CENTER TRAINED 13 STUDENTS IN 2024 ACROSS TWO COHORTS AND OVERALL OVER 30 STUDENTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PREPARING PARTICIPANTS FOR CAREERS IN CYBERSECURITY THROUGH INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. MANY STUDENTS RECEIVED STIPENDS AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS FULLY ON THEIR TRAINING. THE INITIATIVE AIMED TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION AND CREATE PATHWAYS TO HIGH-DEMAND, HIGH-WAGE CYBERSECURITY ROLES IN THE REGION.

    Expenses $66,022

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roger Oxendale

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Haynes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Heck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brinkley Melvin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Milam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lawrence Young Thru 033124

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $194,233
    From this org
    $172,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,560
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,673
    Filer's total
    $194,233
  • Edward Carroll 3624 -63024

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,884
    From this org
    $110,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,899
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Beaghan

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $189,902
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $173,761
    Other
    $16,141
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $173,761 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,141 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $189,902 related

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

None.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521159349301302

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