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NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUCATION

EIN 46-2988453 CARY, NC

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Revenue 2024
$936,000
Expenses 2024
$955,429

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1200
Street
501 SAS CAMPUS DRIVE BUILDING V

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 MISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUCATION (DBA BEST NC) IS TO UNITE AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE TO DRAMATICALLY TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE NORTH CAROLINA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. OUR GOAL IS FOR EVERY STUDENT TO GRADUATE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS TO SUCCEED IN A COMPETITIVE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DRAMATICALLY TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.

  • RESEARCH/COMMUNICATIONS: MOTIVATED BY BEST PRACTICES AND SOLID RESEARCH, BEST NC BELIEVES THAT CURATING AND SHARING DATA AND INFORMATION BROADLY WITH EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS WILL LEAD TO BETTER CONVERSATIONS AND IDEAS. OUR PRIMARY COMMUNICATION RESOURCE IS THE NC EDUCATION FACTS & FIGURES GUIDE AND ACCOMPANYING EDUCATION DATA SETS (WWW.NCEDFACTS.ORG). WE ALSO RESEARCH, PREPARE, AND PUBLISH BRIEFS ON RELEVANT RESEARCH, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES THAT CAN ELEVATE EDUCATION PRACTICES IN NORTH CAROLINA. WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION BOTH DIRECTLY WITH EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS AND WIDELY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $529,654

  • STATE VISION/COLLABORATION: BEST NC BELIEVES THAT NORTH CAROLINA IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO LEAD THE NATION IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION STRATEGIES. WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND, WE REGULARLY CONVENE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC, ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES TOWARD A SHARED EDUCATION VISION. MOTIVATED BY THE EXCELLENCE EDUCATION VISION. MOTIVATED BY OUR BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS CHANGE, BEST NC HAS CONVENED REGULAR CONVERSATIONS AROUND ELEVATING EDUCATORS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, SETTING HIGH STANDARDS AND MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MORE.

    Expenses $254,945

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.

  • Ann S Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Neil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Martineau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Barnhill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Walter McDowell III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Sara Spencer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Sutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Purvis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John R Belk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris William

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eastern Maynard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Berg

    CEO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $296,404
    From this org
    $290,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,812
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,592
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,812
    Filer's total
    $296,404

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $936,000
    Expenses
    $955,429
    Contributions
    $902,003
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,204,662
    Expenses
    $880,082
    Contributions
    $1,175,294
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $821,251
    Expenses
    $798,220
    Contributions
    $821,251
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $899,114
    Expenses
    $929,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,247,428
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,106,060
    Expenses
    $847,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,277,991
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,937
    Expenses
    $1,441,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,018,985
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,454,049
    Expenses
    $801,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,252,282
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $892,609
    Expenses
    $780,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $599,770
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $892,609
    Expenses
    $780,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $599,770
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $916,106
    Expenses
    $960,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $490,325
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,120,015
    Expenses
    $860,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $531,480
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $811,843
    Expenses
    $711,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,143
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $372,100
    Expenses
    $202,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,753

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.