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HILL CENTER INC

EIN 56-2089788 DURHAM, NC

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Revenue 2024
$9,318,926
Expenses 2024
$8,213,291

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B200
Classification
2000
Street
3200 PICKETT RD

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

HILL LEARNING CENTER TRANSFORMS STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES INTO CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT LEARNERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TRANSFORM STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES INTO CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT LEARNERS.

  • FOUNDED IN 1977, HILL LEARNING CENTER OFFERS STUDENT AND EDUCATOR PROGRAMS GROUNDED IN EQUITABLE, RESEARCH-BASED, DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND ATTENTION CHALLENGES. HILL LEARNING CENTER SUPPORTS STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES WITH RESEARCH-BASED, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES, ATTENTION CHALLENGES, GAPS IN FOUNDATIONAL ACADEMIC SKILLS, AND DIFFICULTIES WITH EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. HILL SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 THROUGH SCHOOL, SUMMER, AND TUTORING PROGRAMS AT HILL AND IN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OFFERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR K-12 TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ADHD AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TOOLS TEACHERS NEED TO DELIVER RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION IN READING, WRITING, MATH, AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS. HILL LEARNING CENTER ALSO HELPS FAMILIES BETTER UNDERSTAND, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES AND ATTENTION CHALLENGES. HILL LEARNING CENTER IS ACCREDITED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND IS ALSO APPROVED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE" SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. HILL'S TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS ACCREDITED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MULTISENSORY STRUCTURED LANGUAGE EDUCATION COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION.

    Expenses $6,886,506 · Grants $575,255 · Revenue $6,256,520

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.

  • Laura Horton Virkler

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Threlfall

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Rabenau

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Giarla

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sabri Math

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexandria Franklin

    ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby Mallik

    PARENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Dean

    PARENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Myranda Meeks

    PARENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Harrison

    PARENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Fields

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Paula Borden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Oliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terri Melcher Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackie Leach Pierce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Andrew Preston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James O Shelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paige Hershey Chandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jennifer Diliberto-Fender

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Brachman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hillary French

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana O'Donovan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Parker-Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Brander

    HEAD OF SCHOOL/EXECUTIVE D

    Total calculated
    $271,897
    From this org
    $251,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,308
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,964
    Filer's total
    $271,897
  • Jennifer Hollingsworth

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $159,810
    From this org
    $142,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,607
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,203
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,120
    Filer's total
    $159,810

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
    $9,318,926
    Expenses
    $8,213,291
    Contributions
    $2,045,990
    Grants paid
    $575,255
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,900,221
    Expenses
    $8,156,872
    Contributions
    $1,076,270
    Grants paid
    $522,537
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,090,574
    Expenses
    $8,227,916
    Contributions
    $3,287,273
    Grants paid
    $429,794

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
    $8,502,653
    Expenses
    $8,214,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,401,511
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,293,204
    Expenses
    $7,342,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,610,287
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,166,721
    Expenses
    $7,067,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,392,964
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,748,319
    Expenses
    $7,099,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,377,415
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,948,514
    Expenses
    $6,530,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,838,769
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,489,293
    Expenses
    $6,526,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,473,511
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,120,052
    Expenses
    $6,598,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,040,485
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,077,257
    Expenses
    $6,001,986
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,052,254
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,675,470
    Expenses
    $5,319,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,230,148
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,176,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,915,590

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.

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

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.