THE CAROUSEL CENTER INC

EIN 56-2098739 WILMINGTON, NC

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Revenue 2024: $2,485,627
Expenses 2024: $2,771,021

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: E20
Classification: 5000
Street: 1501 DOCK ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SUPPORT HEALING, PROMOTE JUSTICE, FOSTER RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN VICTIMIZED BY PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE, AND IMPOVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support healing, promote justice, foster resilience in children victimized by physical or sexual abuse, and improve our community through education, prevention, and advocacy.

In FY 2023/24, Carousel served 588 unduplicated child abuse survivors and their non-offending adult caregivers. Of the child survivors last year, 39% were Brunswick children; 40% were New Hanover children; 18% were Pender children; and 3% were from outside the tri-county area. The team conducted 301 child medical exams and 347 forensic interviews; had 431 family advocacy contacts, and 378 trauma therapy sessions provided to children - regardless of insurance, economic status, or ability to self-pay.

Expenses $2,057,597 · Revenue $357,241

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Shemeka Henderson KempSHEMEKA HENDERSON KEMP

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Monaca LachmanMONACA LACHMAN

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tina HughesTINA HUGHES

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Lisa GrayLISA GRAY

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rhonda HenryRHONDA HENRY

Past Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ryan CunninghamRYAN CUNNINGHAM

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Christina Atti-UptegrowCHRISTINA ATTI-UPTEGROW

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Glenn EmeryGLENN EMERY

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Windy EzzellWINDY EZZELL

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Todd GodbeyTODD GODBEY

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robert GreenbergROBERT GREENBERG

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joe KerteszJOE KERTESZ

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jonathan PaschalJONATHAN PASCHAL

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Americian RobertsonAMERICIAN ROBERTSON

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chris SepichCHRIS SEPICH

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tammy SimmonsTAMMY SIMMONS

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Christy SpiveyCHRISTY SPIVEY

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brandy WattsBRANDY WATTS

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jenna YinglingJENNA YINGLING

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amy FeathAMY FEATH

Executive Director

Total calculated

$103,590

From this org

$103,590

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$2,485,627

Expenses

$2,771,021

Contributions

$1,813,828

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$2,645,764

Expenses

$2,870,644

Contributions

$1,948,423

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$2,568,344

Expenses

$2,749,808

Contributions

$1,738,939

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,485,627	$2,771,021	$1,813,828	$0
2023	$2,645,764	$2,870,644	$1,948,423	$0
2022	$2,568,344	$2,749,808	$1,738,939	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$2,624,654

Expenses

$2,127,434

Assets (EOY)

$2,253,223
2020 · 990

Revenue

$2,358,862

Expenses

$1,796,354

Assets (EOY)

$1,574,358
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,658,044

Expenses

$1,623,481

Assets (EOY)

$1,193,197
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,447,311

Expenses

$1,175,829

Assets (EOY)

$976,462
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,168,508

Expenses

$932,486

Assets (EOY)

$698,640
2016 · 990

Revenue

$950,019

Expenses

$806,912

Assets (EOY)

$455,169
2015 · 990

Revenue

$803,789

Expenses

$769,271

Assets (EOY)

$308,255
2014 · 990

Revenue

$762,513

Expenses

$705,126

Assets (EOY)

$292,491
2013 · 990

Revenue

$572,624

Expenses

$642,771

Assets (EOY)

$211,456
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$484,870

Assets (EOY)

$308,791

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,624,654	$2,127,434	$2,253,223
2020	990	$2,358,862	$1,796,354	$1,574,358
2019	990	$1,658,044	$1,623,481	$1,193,197
2018	990	$1,447,311	$1,175,829	$976,462
2017	990	$1,168,508	$932,486	$698,640
2016	990	$950,019	$806,912	$455,169
2015	990	$803,789	$769,271	$308,255
2014	990	$762,513	$705,126	$292,491
2013	990	$572,624	$642,771	$211,456
2012	990	not reported	$484,870	$308,791

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

$595,207

2023 CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY SUB-AWARDS
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

$424,008

2024 CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY SUB-AWARDS
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

$336,374

2022 CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY SUB-AWARDS
NEW HANOVER COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT INC

$200,000

2024 General support for programs, operations, and other charitable purposes
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$58,000

2023 CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES
NATIONAL CHILDRENS ALLIANCE INC

$50,000

2023 EQUIPMENT GRANT
HAGOOD HOPE FOR CHILDREN INC

$43,000

2024 UNRESTRICTED
UNITED WAY OF THE CAPE FEAR AREA INC

$42,506

2022 General Support
HAGOOD HOPE FOR CHILDREN INC

$41,000

2023 UNRESTRICTED
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$36,000

2022 HUMAN SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.