- Revenue 2025
- $109,739
- Expenses 2025
- $4,188,940
Program services were 90.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B90
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 2821 LAUTENBERG LN
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 · 2025
Mission
SPARKNC EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO DISCOVER CAREERS IN HIGH-TECH FIELDS LIKE CYBERSECURITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. WE HELP SCHOOLS MOVE AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL CLASSES AND RIGID SCHEDULES. INSTEAD, STUDENTS CHOOSE WHAT, WHERE AND HOW THEY LEARN. EDUCATORS HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO USE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO DELIVER INSTRUCTION IN ENGAGING WAYS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SPARKNC EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO DISCOVER CAREERS IN HIGH-TECH FIELDS LIKE CYBERSECURITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. WE HELP SCHOOLS MOVE AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL CLASSES AND RIGID SCHEDULES. INSTEAD, STUDENTS CHOOSE WHAT, WHERE AND HOW THEY LEARN. AND EDUCATORS HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO USE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO DELIVER INSTRUCTION IN ENGAGING WAYS TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE OFFER AN EXTENSIVE AND CONSTANTLY EVOLVING CATALOG OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO GIVE STUDENTS DIFFERENT PATHS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND BUILD SKILLS, AND TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY LEARN IN PERSONALIZED DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS OF WORK. WE ALSO HELP STUDENTS CONNECT WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTS THROUGH IN-PERSON EVENTS, TEAM-BASED INTERNSHIPS, AND OTHER RICH EXPERIENCES. BY DOING THIS WE GIVE STUDENTS A COMPETITIVE EDGE ON THEIR WAY TO HIGH-WAGE AND SOCIALLY IMPACTFUL CAREERS, PROVIDING A DYNAMIC TALENT PIPELINE FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
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SPARKNC EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO DISCOVER CAREERS IN HIGH-TECH FIELDS LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND CYBERSECURITY. SPARKNC HAS ESTABLISHED 25 DISTRICT PARTNERSHIPS IN 2025, 30 SPARKLABS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, EQUIPPED WITH FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, A SPARKLAB LEADER, AND A LEARNING PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS CONTENT AND TRACK PROGRESS. SPARKLABS OFFER VARIOUS TYPES OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING ON-DEMAND, LIVE-INTERDISTRICT, AND EXPERIENTIAL OPTIONS, WHICH CAN BE STACKED TOWARD ELECTIVE CREDIT. THESE MODERN, COLLABORATIVE SPACES PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO COMPETENCY-BASED, INDUSTRY-ALIGNED, MODULAR LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOCUSED ON HIGH-WAGE, SOCIALLY IMPACTFUL CAREERS IN HIGH-TECH FIELDS. APPROXIMATELY 2,401 STUDENTS HAVE ENGAGED IN SPARKNC'S LEARNING PLATFORM SINCE AUGUST 2023, DEMONSTRATING THE REACH OF THIS INITIAL PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Expenses $3,791,770
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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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Dr Randy BridgesDR RANDY BRIDGES
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Bill HarrisonDR BILL HARRISON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr James MerrillDR JAMES MERRILL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Allen MaskALLEN MASK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Derwin WarrenDR DERWIN WARREN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer BellJENNIFER BELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lynn MoodyLYNN MOODY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $244,190
- From this org
- $230,368
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,822
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $230,368
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,822
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $244,190
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Dana BrinsonDANA BRINSON
VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY
- Total calculated
- $192,435
- From this org
- $172,281
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,154
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,281
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,337
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,817
- Filer's total
- $192,435
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Patricia HilliardPATRICIA HILLIARD
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
- Total calculated
- $165,499
- From this org
- $146,506
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,993
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,506
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,790
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,203
- Filer's total
- $165,499
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Dr Keith BabuszczakDR KEITH BABUSZCZAK
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS
- Total calculated
- $134,637
- From this org
- $121,551
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,086
- Hours/week
- 40
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Morgan DraughonMORGAN DRAUGHON
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
- Total calculated
- $113,483
- From this org
- $108,225
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,258
- Hours/week
- 40
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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2025
- Revenue
- $109,739
- Expenses
- $4,188,940
- Contributions
- $59,937
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $7,142,615
- Expenses
- $972,846
- Contributions
- $7,142,615
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,010,000
- Expenses
- $99,917
- Contributions
- $3,010,000
- 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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022
- Tax period
- 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
- Principal officer
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Lynn MoodyLYNN MOODY
- Mailing address
- 6117 CHATFORD DRRALEIGH NC 27612
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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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2024 WORK-BASED LEARNING
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$8,333
2024 STIPEND
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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.