- 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.
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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
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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.
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Ann S NelsonANN S NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David NeilDAVID NEIL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer MartineauJENNIFER MARTINEAU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob BarnhillBOB BARNHILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
J Walter McDowell IIIJ WALTER MCDOWELL III
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Sara SpencerSARA SPENCER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Will SuttonWILL SUTTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chuck PurvisCHUCK PURVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John R BelkJOHN R BELK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris WilliamCHRIS WILLIAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eastern MaynardEASTERN MAYNARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brenda BergBRENDA 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
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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
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$100,000
2023 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
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$25,000
2023 to support organization
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$25,000
2022 To Support
-
2022 EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
-
$15,000
2023 CHARITABLE GIFT
-
$15,000
2024 COMMUNITY OUTREACH
-
$15,000
2024 CHARITABLE GIFT
-
2025 EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
-
2023 EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
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2024 EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
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.