NORTH CAROLINA RICE FESTIVAL INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A56

Classification

1200

Street

PO BOX 674

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 · 2025

• Fourth annual Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Gala designed to celebrate the cultural contributions of the Gullah Geechee people brought to North Carolina as slaves to work the rice fields of the Cape Fear Region of southeastern NC. The Gala features Gullah inspired cuisine catered by a nationally recognized Gullah chef and entertainment by Gullah performers. Attendance in 2025 continued to fill the facility capacity at 182.

  Expenses $28,231 · Grants $4,050

• The fourth North Carolina Rice Festival commemorates the rich history of rice cultivation in the Cape Fear Region and honors the cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee community. The event showcased a diverse program including six hours of historical and cultural presentations entertainment by Gullah regional and local artists a dedicated Childrens Stage with engaging activities and an exhibit area featuring crafts products and services from forty-eight vendors. This years festival attracted a record-breaking attendance of 5000+ participants marking a 24% increase from the previous year.

  Expenses $44,316 · Grants $28,950

• Hosted our third Ancestry Reveal event where participants provided DNA samples for testing by African Ancestry Inc. At the Reveal event eight participants learned of their ancestry traced to countries and actual tribes in Africa. Attendance was nearly 100 people.

  Expenses $8,087

• Hosted our second Introduction to the NC Rice Festival event with screening of NCRF-produced documentaries a panel discussion of experts rice process demo and a Q&A session.

  Expenses $850

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $65,731

  Expenses

  $93,124

  Contributions

  $43,268

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $112,806

  Expenses

  $90,090

  Contributions

  $92,904

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $102,276

  Expenses

  $112,746

  Contributions

  $82,175

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $92,340

  Expenses

  $60,805

  Contributions

  $72,341

  Grants paid

  — not reported

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Principal officer

George Beatty

Mailing address

PO Box 674Leland NC 28451

Website

northcarolinaricefestival.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• GULLAH-GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION

  $16,000

  2022 · HERITAGE GRANT

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