UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC
EIN 56-6064850 WINSTON SALEM, NC
- Revenue 2024
- $10,536,394
- Expenses 2024
- $8,262,346
Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B110
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- PO BOX 12189
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
UNCSA FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. THE UNCSA FOUNDATION STRIVES TO SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF THE UNCSA.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the UNCSA.
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THE UNCSA FOUNDATION, INC. COORDINATES THE FUNDING OF THE UNCSA'S PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GUEST ARTISTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ("UNCSA") IS DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE STUDENTS POSSESSING EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS IN PERFORMING, VISUAL, AND MOVING IMAGE ARTS. UNCSA IS COMMITTED TO THE IDEA THAT ART COMBINES CRAFT, IMAGINATION, PASSION AND INTELLECT. SCHOLARSHIPS CAN BE AWARDED BASED ON TALENT, DEMONSTRATED NEED, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH. UNCSA PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH MANY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS WHO TEACH MASTER CLASSES, WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS IN COACHING SESSIONS, AND TEACH CLASSES. UNCSA STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS.
Expenses $6,678,049 · Grants $4,043,112 · Revenue $927,883
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.
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Erin Jones Adams
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Howard Upchurch
Assistant Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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McDara Folan
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melinda B Mueller
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William R Watson
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anne Sessions
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Caroline Munroe
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher J Chapman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Craig D Cannon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Doug Henderson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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James Ruffin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan Cochrane
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph P Logan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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L Duane Davis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laura B Dugan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laura Ramsay
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Meade Willis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael L Rogers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ralph H Womble
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sandlin Douglas
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott Cawood
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shelley Holden
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stacy Petronzio
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephen Berlin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cynthia B Liberty
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $211,000
- From this org
- $184,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,000
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $184,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,000
- Filer's total
- $211,000
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $10,536,394
- Expenses
- $8,262,346
- Contributions
- $9,608,511
- Grants paid
- $4,043,112
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2023
- Revenue
- $9,736,393
- Expenses
- $7,413,345
- Contributions
- $8,877,350
- Grants paid
- $3,544,615
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,254,667
- Expenses
- $6,762,991
- Contributions
- $6,657,876
- Grants paid
- $3,043,973
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
- $3,169,519
- Expenses
- $7,360,858
- Assets (EOY)
- $99,229,839
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,329,579
- Expenses
- $5,265,734
- Assets (EOY)
- $100,114,820
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,701,083
- Expenses
- $7,603,435
- Assets (EOY)
- $76,048,543
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,091,627
- Expenses
- $5,833,418
- Assets (EOY)
- $76,961,641
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,826,116
- Expenses
- $6,169,692
- Assets (EOY)
- $64,476,027
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,775,900
- Expenses
- $12,522,500
- Assets (EOY)
- $61,207,687
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,221,350
- Expenses
- $3,842,839
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,715,541
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,579,841
- Expenses
- $3,229,349
- Assets (EOY)
- $43,329,726
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,609,164
- Expenses
- $2,810,121
- Assets (EOY)
- $37,733,698
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $3,891,058
- Assets (EOY)
- $31,335,206
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
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UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
$3,921,921
2024 PAYMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FACULTY SABBATICALS AND GRANTS
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UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
$3,439,164
2023 PAYMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FACULTY SABBATICALS AND GRANTS
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UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
$2,948,413
2022 PAYMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FACULTY SABBATICALS AND GRANTS
Grants received
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$798,426
2024 71 grant(s) for varying purposes
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$453,723
2022 69 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES
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$386,268
2023 69 grant(s) for varying purposes
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$325,000
2023 For general scholarship support.
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$325,000
2024 For general scholarship support.
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
$300,000
2022 For general scholarship support.
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$200,000
2024 Speaker Series of the Stevens Center
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
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LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC
On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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UNCSA Foundation Management LLC
Accepts real estate donations and facilitates real estate purchases · NC · income $109,685 · assets $0
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 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.