- Revenue 2024
- $25,171,726
- Expenses 2024
- $21,790,333
Program services were 94.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 1360
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
THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION EMPOWERS COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE WATER QUALITY AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NATURAL HABITATS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
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OVER THE PAST 43 YEARS, THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE COASTAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE UNIQUE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. AS A MEMBER SUPPORTED NON-PROFIT THE COASTAL FEDERATION'S GOALS ARE OBTAINED THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THROUGH EFFORTS FOR CLEAN COASTAL WATERS, LIVING SHORELINES, THRIVING OYSTERS, EFFECTIVE COASTAL MANAGEMENT, AND MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL, THE FEDERATION AND NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A HEALTHY COAST!(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN OUR WORK TO PROTECT THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST, WE FOCUS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:WATER QUALITYINTENSE RAINSTORMS CAUSE FLOODING AND WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION AS THE RUNOFF FUNNELS POLLUTANTS TO OUR COASTAL WATERS. IMPACTS ARE MAGNIFIED BY THE ALTERED LANDSCAPE THAT CHANNELS RAIN INSTEAD OF ABSORBING IT.THE NATURE-BASED STORMWATER STRATEGIES ACTION PLAN RELEASED BY THE COASTAL FEDERATION IN 2021 RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND FLOODING CAUSED BY NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT; EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE; HIGHWAYS AND STREETS; AND WORKING LANDS SUCH AS FARMS AND COMMERCIAL FORESTS.IN 2024, WE RESTORED MORE THAN 10 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND INSTALLED WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS PROTECTING BRADLEY CREEK, STUMP SOUND, AND LAKE MATTAMUSKEETLIVING SHORELINESNORTH CAROLINA'S 12,000 MILES OF ESTUARINE SHORELINE PROVIDE SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE HABITATS IN THE WORLD FOR FISH AND SHELLFISH. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EROSION OF THESE SHORELINES IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF RISING SEA LEVELS, CONCENTRATED WAVES FROM BOATS, MORE EXTREME STORMS, AND POORLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURES LIKE BULKHEADS ARE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS LIVING SHORELINES IN PROTECTING SHORELINES. BY INSTALLING BUFFERS USING SALT MARSH, OYSTER REEFS, AND OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS, LIVING SHORELINES CONTROL EROSION WHILE PROTECTING THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR ESTUARIES.THE COASTAL FEDERATION REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAKING LIVING SHORELINES THE GO-TO APPROACH FOR MANAGING SHORELINE EROSION. WE HAVE SECURED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US PROVIDE INCREASED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO LANDOWNERS FOR LIVING SHORELINES. IN 2024, WE RESTORED 3.75 MILES OF LIVING SHORELINES AT 43 LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST.OYSTERSOUR NATIVE EASTERN OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECIES IN OUR ESTUARIES. OYSTERS BENEFIT NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTAL ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY. THESE BENEFITS CAN BE SUMMARIZED AND REFERRED TO AS THE THREE "FS", FOR SHORT: FOOD, FILTER AND FISH HABITAT. THEY FILTER WATER, PROVIDE FOOD FOR HUMANS AND CREATE REEFS THAT BUILD HOMES FOR MORE FISH. THESE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, IN TURN, SUPPORT JOBS AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES.OYSTER POPULATIONS, WORLDWIDE, ARE AT RECORD LOWS. DESPITE SOME RECOVERY IN RECENT YEARS, IN NORTH CAROLINA IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OYSTERS ARE AT ABOUT 15-20% OF HISTORIC HARVEST LEVELS. OYSTER HARVEST IS CURRENTLY THE BEST MEASURE OF THE OYSTER POPULATION IN OUR STATE. IN 2024, WE RESTORED 40 ACRES OF OYSTER REEFS. EFFECTIVE COASTAL MANAGEMENTOUR COASTAL MANAGEMENT GOAL IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH, AND SUPPORTS OUR WORK FOR CLEAN WATER, LIVING SHORELINES, THRIVING OYSTERS, AND A COAST THAT IS FREE OF MARINE DEBRIS. WE WORK WITH A MULTITUDE OF STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE THEM IN SOUND COASTAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THE BEST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. IN ADDITION, WE PARTNER TO SECURE ADEQUATE FUNDS SO THAT DECISIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED, AND SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE LEGAL FOUNDATION THAT ENABLES US TO PROTECT AND RESTORE OUR COAST.COASTAL RESILIENCY IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS GOALS WORK, RECOGNIZING THAT NOW IS THE CRITICAL TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. THIS MEANS ENSURING NATURAL DEFENSES ARE SOUND, WATERS ARE SAFE FOR FISHING AND SWIMMING AND WE ARE FREE OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS AND OTHER THREATS LIKE OFFSHORE OIL AND MICROPLASTICS. IN 2024, WE RESPONDED TO BREAKING ISSUES INCLUDING PETROLEUM AND PFAS POLLUTION, WETLAND PROTECTIONS, AND OCEANFRONT STRUCTURES. WE ALSO PRESENTED AT MULTIPLE CONFERENCES AND LAUNCHED A NEW PILOT STORMWATER COST-SHARE PROGRAM. MARINE DEBRISMARINE DEBRIS RESULTS FROM STORM-DAMAGED DOCKS, HOUSES, AND YARDS; LOST FISHING GEAR; POORLY MANAGED CONSTRUCTION SITES; ABANDONED BOATS; PLASTICS CONTAINED IN WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER DISCHARGES; AND CARELESS LITTERING. THE COASTAL FEDERATION PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, ACADEMIA, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN 2020 TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT THE N.C. MARINE DEBRIS ACTION PLAN TO BOTH CLEAN UP AND PREVENT DEBRIS LARGE AND SMALL.THE COASTAL FEDERATION WILL CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE REDUCED USE OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, ADVOCATE FOR MORE STORM RESILIENT BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES FOR DOCKS AND PIERS, AND PROMOTE IMPROVED TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MICROPLASTICS BEING DISCHARGED TO COASTAL WATERS. WE WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE FISHERS AND CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE TONS OF DEBRIS, LOST CRAB POTS, AND ABANDONED VESSELS. IN 2024, WE WORKED WITH WATERMEN AND WOMEN, AND CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE 265 TONS OF MARINE DEBRIS, 2,463 LOST CRAB POTS, AND 45 ABANDONED VESSELS FROM COASTAL WATERS.
Expenses $20,507,300 · Revenue $4,883
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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APRIL CLARK
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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DOUG WAKEMAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SARAH WILLIAMS DIEHL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ALLIE SHEFFIELD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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ALLISON BESCH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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ANGIE WILLS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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CHARLES MEEKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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DAVID CIGNOTTI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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DON ENSLEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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DONNA SNEAD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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ERNIE FOSTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JOANNE POWELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JOE RAMUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JOHN RUNKLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JONELLE STOVALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KATHERINE MCGLADE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KENNETH CHESTNUT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KYLE ELLIOT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MAC GIBBS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MICHAEL SERBOUSEK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MORTY GASKILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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PEGGY BIRKEMEIER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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RYAN BETHEA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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SANDIE CECELSKI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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SHARON HARKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
The first 25 listed. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $25,171,726
- Expenses
- $21,790,333
- Contributions
- $24,472,040
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $13,556,067
- Expenses
- $12,213,092
- Contributions
- $12,947,298
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $9,906,891
- Expenses
- $7,535,539
- Contributions
- $9,668,605
- Grants paid
- $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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,179,036
- Expenses
- $8,518,193
- Assets (EOY)
- $41,804,340
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,554,830
- Expenses
- $6,825,963
- Assets (EOY)
- $38,918,098
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,372,668
- Expenses
- $5,187,444
- Assets (EOY)
- $36,159,707
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,949,840
- Expenses
- $5,501,159
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,958,097
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,118,923
- Expenses
- $4,990,549
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,507,918
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,107,822
- Expenses
- $3,995,936
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,318,002
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,453,258
- Expenses
- $3,881,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,156,288
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,742,292
- Expenses
- $3,879,413
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,581,237
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,343,400
- Expenses
- $3,650,357
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,745,797
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,470,634
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,044,674
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
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NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
$2,224,455
2024 REMOVE DEBRIS FROM NC COAST POST-HURRICANE
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NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
$1,866,101
2023 BUILDING A LIVING SHORELINE ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER
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$1,210,000
2024 CHARITABLE GIFT
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$1,210,000
2023 CHARITABLE GIFT
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$1,110,000
2022 CHARITABLE GIFT
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2022 MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL
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$682,078
2022 Policy
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$482,128
2023 Policy
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2022 ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS
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$251,365
2024 Policy
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.