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PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

EIN 58-1654064 CARY, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$5,312,364
Expenses 2024
$4,251,888

Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99Z
Classification
2000
Street
501 SAS CAMPUS DRIVE 4TH FLOOR

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

ALL NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH EQUITABLE AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT NOURISHES OUR STATE'S CIVIC AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.TO PROVIDE TRUSTED, NONPARTISAN, EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER AN INFORMED PUBLIC TO DEMAND THAT EDUCATION BEST PRACTICE BECOMES COMMON PRACTICE THROUGHOUT NORTH CAROLINA.

  • FOUNDED IN 2002 BY THE FORUM, THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS (NC CAP) IS A COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK THAT INCLUDES AFTERSCHOOL PROVIDERS, STATE AGENCIES, STATE AND LOCAL POLICYMAKERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUSINESS, AND THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN NORTH CAROLINA, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AT RISK FOR EDUCATION FAILURE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HIGH QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SCHOOL-DAY ATTENDANCE, NURTURE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, DECREASE JUVENILE CRIME AND OTHER HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS, AND MEET THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES. AS A STATEWIDE AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK, NC CAP REPRESENTS OVER 6,000 AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS SERVING MORE THAN 150,000 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACROSS THE STATE. NC CAP UNITES A COLLABORATIVE OF OVER 35 PARTNERS TO ADDRESS ISSUES INCLUDING QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND SUSTAINABLE FUNDING.

    Expenses $389,481

  • NC INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICYMAKERS: THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM PROVIDES POLICYMAKERS AND EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS WITH DATA AND INFORMATION TO ADDRESS THE HOST OF COMPLEX QUESTIONS THAT WILL SHAPE SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE EDUCATION POLICY PRIMER IS PROVIDED TO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS TO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE TO SERVE AS A BRIEFING MANUAL ON ALL TOPICS AND ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.THE PRIMER IS A KEY DOCUMENT FOR POLICYMAKERS, EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SEEKING FACTS AND RESEARCH ABOUT EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIMER CONTAINS THE MOST RECENT EDUCATION DATA AVAILABLE, UPDATES ON RECENTLY PASSED EDUCATION LEGISLATION, AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE EDUCATION LEGISLATION. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM HAS PRODUCED AND UPDATED THE PRIMER FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PROVIDING NEW INFORMATION, UPDATED FACTS, AND KEY ANALYSIS EACH ELECTION CYCLE. THIS VALUABLE TOOL IS USED AS A RESOURCE FOR POLICYMAKERS AS THEY TACKLE THE POLICY ISSUES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY, OR IN THEIR SCHOOLS. THE FORUM HOSTS VIRTUAL SESSIONS TO PRESENT THE PRIMER FOR ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICES IN THE EVEN NUMBER YEARS.IN RECENT YEARS, THE FORUM HAS EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE ON EDUCATION POLICY BY HOSTING PUBLIC EDUCATION POLICY PRIMER SESSIONS AND LEADING PRESENTATIONS ON EDUCATION POLICY FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. IN 2025, THE FORUM TEAM TRAVELED AND PRESENTED TO CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, ROTARY CLUBS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL BOARDS, AND OTHER NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, POLICY, AND EDUCATION LEADERS.

    Expenses $743,981

  • NC RESILIENCE AND LEARNING PROJECT - THE NC RESILIENCE AND LEARNING PROJECT WORKS WITH HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE WHERE STUDENT TRAUMA IS PREVALENT. OUR MODEL IS A WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE-CHILD FRAMEWORK TO CREATE TRAUMA-SENSITIVE SCHOOLS THAT WILL IMPROVE ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. THE CDC-KAISER PERMANENTE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACE) STUDY FOUND THAT ROUGHLY 64% OF THE OVER 17,000 PARTICIPANTS REPORTED HAVING AT LEAST ONE ACE (ACES INCLUDE ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND HOUSEHOLD DYSFUNCTION SUCH AS A HOME WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL ILLNESS, MOTHER BEING TREATED VIOLENTLY, OR AN INCARCERATED RELATIVE). RESEARCH SHOWS ACES CAN ACTUALLY ALTER BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND CAUSE CHEMICALLY TOXIC EFFECTS IN THE BRAIN RESULTING IN CHILDREN REMAINING IN A CONSTANT STATE OF "SURVIVAL MODE" LEADING TO THE FIGHT, FLIGHT, OR FREEZE RESPONSE. THIS REACTION RESULTS IN MAJOR IMPACTS IN CHILDREN'S LEARNING, CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, AND RELATIONSHIPS. STUDENTS WITH ACES HAVE HIGHER RATES OF OFFICE REFERRALS, SUSPENSIONS, AND RETENTION AS WELL AS LOWER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. OUR PROJECT HAS TWO COMPONENTS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL-WIDE STAFF AND THE FORMATION OF A SCHOOL STEERING COMMITTEE WHO MEET REGULARLY AND SERVE AS THE CHAMPIONS OF THIS WORK. THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIES AREAS OF URGENCY, CREATES, AND IMPLEMENTS SPECIFIC TRAUMA-SENSITIVE STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING TRAUMA IN ORDER TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE LEARNING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE OUR 8TH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. AS OF 2024, WE HAVE PROVIDED TRAINING AND/OR COACHING IN 39 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS OUR BIGGEST YEAR YET AS WE HAVE YEAR-LONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH 18 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 48 INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS FOR OUR FULL MODEL OF IMPLEMENTATION. WE WILL PROVIDE SHORT-TERM TRAINING WITH OTHER SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT-LEVEL TRAINING AND COACHING WORK, OUR TEAM ALSO FOCUSES ON POLICY AND RESEARCH RELATED TO TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES WITHIN SCHOOLS. WE DO THIS THROUGH: - OUR OWN TEAM POLICY BRIEFS - CASE STUDIES ON PARTNER SCHOOLS - EDUCATION PREPARATION PROGRAM TASK FORCE ON TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES - A TEAM OF FACULTY FROM ED PREP PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE MEETING BI-MONTHLY TO COLLABORATE AND SET BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS - PARTNERSHIP WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY TO COLLECT DATA AND PROVIDE EVALUATION ON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS OTHER RELATED AREAS SUCH AS HOW TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES CAN BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES - OTHER EDUCATOR STATEWIDE COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES BRINGING TOGETHER PARTNER SCHOOL AND DISTRICT STAFF TO CONVENE AND COLLABORATE ON THEIR OWN TRAUMA-INFORMED WORK.

    Expenses $1,323,198

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $938,343 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $1,977,153

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • Steve Stephenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amos Fodchuk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Matty Lazo-Chadderton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Margaret Arbuckle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Alfred Mays

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dudley Flood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Van Dempsey III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard Urquhart

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Rashidah Lopez Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alisa McLean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cyndi Soter O'Neil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Melody Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Healy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Willis Whichard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Latanya Pattillo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Sprecher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Saundra Wall Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Tiece Ruffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Cary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maria Dozier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bill Harrison

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Priscilla Maynor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Art Rouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,312,364
    Expenses
    $4,251,888
    Contributions
    $3,247,138
    Grants paid
    $20,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,839,923
    Expenses
    $3,205,915
    Contributions
    $3,968,777
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,311,853
    Expenses
    $2,405,668
    Contributions
    $4,094,722
    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
    $2,648,047
    Expenses
    $1,963,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,522,838
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,898,705
    Expenses
    $1,461,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,990,875
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,119,804
    Expenses
    $1,400,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,556,686

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

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