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CHARLOTTE WINE & FOOD WEEKEND INC

EIN 56-1937731 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2024
$669,221
Expenses 2024
$780,554

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30J
Classification
1000
Street
3412 MONROE ROAD SUITE A

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 raise money for charitable organizations in Charlotte.

  • Charlotte Wine & Food brings together leading wine industry experts from around the world and pairs them with Charlottes top chefs to celebrate and advance public knowledge of and appreciation for fine wine and food, while making significant contributions to charitable organizations that benefit children and their families in the Charlotte community.In 1989, a group of civic-minded wine and food enthusiasts had a vision of creating a series of events to raise money for charity. Out of this vision, Charlotte Wine & Food was born and has proudly contributed over $7.5 million to the community over the last 37 years. With time and care, the organization has grown in stature and evolved but remains one of Charlottes premier cultural institutions attracting winemakers, vintners, and sommeliers from around the world while celebrating the best of Charlottes culinary landscape. What started as a Weekend of events taking place bi-annually is now a year-round series of events that culminate in a multi-day wine and food experience each April. From intimate vintner dinners and tastings to large gala dinners and live auctions, Charlotte Wine & Food has something for anyone interested in wine, food, fun, and fundraising! Charlotte Wine & Food is a non-profit 501(c)3 directed by a fellowship of wine and food connoisseurs that make up its volunteer board of directors. All events benefit strategically-selected charity partners that support children in the local community.

    Expenses $541,290 · Grants $402,000

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.

  • Lauren Deese

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $186,450
    From this org
    $181,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,000
    Bonus
    $51,650
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,800
    Filer's total
    $186,450

  • Steve Balzer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ariail Siggins Barker

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tom Bohrer

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Bounds

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cat Carter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Collins Brannan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Cleven

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Conway

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Selimotic Danforth

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard De Sousa

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Deupree

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Gerrard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Stephen Hannon

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lon Huber

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terrell Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bonnie Kelly

    Exec. Board Mem

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Kush

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Krumdieck

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Maier

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Miller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Murphy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Nason

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Pearson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Perry

    Exec. Board Mem

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. 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
    $669,221
    Expenses
    $780,554
    Contributions
    $518,485
    Grants paid
    $402,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $669,221
    Expenses
    $780,554
    Contributions
    $518,485
    Grants paid
    $402,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,093,053
    Expenses
    $958,941
    Contributions
    $555,954
    Grants paid
    $580,508
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $650,621
    Expenses
    $591,356
    Contributions
    $389,980
    Grants paid
    $305,752

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
    $611,845
    Expenses
    $484,710
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,806

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $379,246
    Expenses
    $320,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,455

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $389,903
    Expenses
    $432,056
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,178

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $466,518
    Expenses
    $465,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,934

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $336,297
    Expenses
    $281,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,642

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $478,108
    Expenses
    $536,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,690

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,505
    Expenses
    $272,284
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,500

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.