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GASTON INNOVATION GROUP INC

EIN 81-3076695 BELMONT, NC

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Revenue 2023
$398,522
Expenses 2023
$474,891

Program services were 37.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S19
Classification
1000
Street
52 A ERVIN ST

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 · 2023

Mission

Gaston Innnovation Group, Inc., dba TechWorks Gaston, was formed for the purpose of improving the socio-economic conditions for citizens of Gaston County, North Carolina, by stimulating job growth through digital inclusion, small business formation and entrepreneurship, and advancement of technology. The programs and services the organization will be developing and delivering are badly needed in Gaston County due to the challenging economic conditions in the County. Gaston County had the highest unemployment rate (by at least .5%) of all the NC counties contiguous to and including Mecklenburg County and the highest poverty rate among NC counties in that same region. TechWorks Gaston addresses upward mobility for the low to moderate income population by expanding access to high speed internet, as well as specially-designed coding and other technology classes, a digital roadmap with digital literacy tools and training, and partnerships with local colleges and K-12 schools, and other orga

  • K-12 STEM Classes1,594 youth served in 2023 with K-12 STEMRowing & Robotics Summer Camp, June- July 2023Summer Coding Camp in June 2023 for elementary and middle school youthRobotics Classes and First Lego League Competition Classes, Jan through Dec 2023Sunday Coding Club classes, Jan through Dec 2023, both elementary and middle school youth classesVideo Game Design Camp, July 2023Gastonia Dream Center After School Robotics and Entrepreneurial Training (School year 2023)NC Office of State Budget and Management helped subsidize K-12 STEM with $30,000 from the state grant.Charlotte SIM Grant funded $5K for K-12 STEM CoursesCLA Foundation funded $10K for K-12 STEM programming from their Foundation grants.

    Expenses $176,139 · Revenue $6,385

  • Pearson Vue Certification Testing CenterTechWorks is open to the public for certification testing 5 days/week all year long. It's the only public certification testing center in Gaston County. We have paid proctors who manage the testing center. 1,122 testers used the center in 2023We offer certification courses, such as the PMP Certification Course held in July 2023 with 10 students. We are also a CompTIA Academy Partner.NC Office of State Budget and Management helped subsidize the Certification Testing and Training with $30,000 from the state grant.CLA Foundation funded $10K for Certification Testing and Training from their Foundation grants.

    Expenses $2,124 · Revenue $7,333

  • Various Adult Entrepreneurial and Tech Daily Courses213 adults served in 2023 with various courses and trainingMonthly Lunch & Learns for Entrepreneurs Drive Sales with Digital MarketingCybersecurity for Small BusinessDeal Desk Sessions with seasoned entrepreneurs/investors Product DevelopmentLabor, Lending, and Capital to Empower Business GrowthNC Office of State Budget and Management helped subsidize Adult courses and Entrepreneurial Programs with $30,000 from the state grant.CLA Foundation funded $10K for entrepreneurial programming from their Foundation grants.

    Expenses $777 · Revenue $395

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Terry Cox

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • Dr Stephen Hannon

    Former Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nicole Murphey

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sharai Lavoie

    Treas/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlie Peninger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Jones

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mark Cramer

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Lovette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Cascio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $398,522
    Expenses
    $474,891
    Contributions
    $140,030
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $766,164
    Expenses
    $476,405
    Contributions
    $530,000
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $240,786
    Expenses
    $487,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $343,119

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $234,723
    Expenses
    $440,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $441,452

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $236,561
    Expenses
    $408,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $508,590

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $454,580
    Expenses
    $305,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $283,789

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

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.