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CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC

EIN 03-0455618 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2024
$10,435,125
Expenses 2024
$14,326,358

Program services were 94.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B112
Classification
1000
Street
2116 WILKINSON BLVD

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

CLASSROOM CENTRAL FOSTERS EQUITY IN EDUCATION BY PROVIDING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE FREE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.

  • THE MISSION OF CC IS TO FOSTER EQUITY IN EDUCATION BY PROVIDING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE FREE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY DISTRIBUTING FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH FOUR PROGRAMS: FREE STORE, MOBILE FREE STORE, ONLINE ORDERING WITH CURBSIDE PICK-UP, SUBSCRIPTIONS SERVICE (BEGINNING TEACHERS) AND BACKPACKS AND BASICS (OUR ONLY DIRECT-TO-SCHOOLS INITIATIVE). TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN QUALIFYING HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOLS AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, MAY "SHOP" FOR FREE SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED ARE USED TO CREATE INVITING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND TO SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH OF LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENTS. THE FREE STORE PROGRAM IS OPEN WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR TEACHER SHOPPING. OUR MOBILE FREE STORE TRAVELS ONCE PER WEEK AND VISITS DISTRICTS SERVED (CURRENTLY SIX SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCLUDE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG, KANNAPOLIS CITY, IREDELL-STATESVILLE, UNION COUNTY, GASTON COUNTY IN NC AS WELL AS LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOLS IN SC) AND WORKS ON A SIX-WEEK ROTATION THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS FURTHEST FROM OUR FREE STORE MAY RECEIVE AMPLE SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES. OUR ONLINE ORDERING WITH CURBSIDE PICK-UP PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A WAY TO ENSURE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE NEEDED SUPPLIES SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE PROGRAM WAS SO POPULAR THAT IT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED AS A PERMANENT PART OF OUR OPERATIONS. TEACHERS PLACE AN ORDER ONLINE VIA THE CLASSROOM CENTRAL WEBSITE, ORDERS ARE PACKED BY VOLUNTEERS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO BE PICKED UP THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU SYSTEM. OUR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE PROVIDES FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS IN ELIGIBLE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS. EACH QUARTER, SUPPLIES ARE SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS. FINALLY, BACKPACKS AND BASICS ENGAGES DONORS TO OFFSET THE COST OF PROVIDING A NEW BACKPACK FILLED WITH BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING THE HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA. CLASSROOM CENTRAL HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 80 MILLION IN SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES SINCE OPENING IN 2002.

    Expenses $13,561,094 · Grants $12,234,502

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.

  • KAREN CALDER

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $203,701
    From this org
    $203,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,701
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $203,701

  • STEPHANIE BROADERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VANECIA CARR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES CHEMPLAVIL

    CHAIR - PROG

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULA COOK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LENORE CULPEPPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGELA FUMO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE GOLZ

    EX-OFFICIO M

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCUS KIMBROUGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH MCCONAUGHEY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE MCGOVERN

    CHAIR - MARK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CORIE PAULING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HUNTER PEAK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM PENROSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA REEVES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEELY ROSE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PALACE STEPPS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • APRIL WHITLOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHASSITY WICKWARE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $10,435,125
    Expenses
    $14,326,358
    Contributions
    $9,729,291
    Grants paid
    $12,234,502
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,733,423
    Expenses
    $13,571,667
    Contributions
    $17,146,200
    Grants paid
    $11,839,623
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,436,708
    Expenses
    $10,933,660
    Contributions
    $11,043,366
    Grants paid
    $9,500,261

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
    $10,548,654
    Expenses
    $7,634,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,278,709

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,810,026
    Expenses
    $6,586,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,369,266

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,079,980
    Expenses
    $6,161,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,198,813

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,117,456
    Expenses
    $6,288,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,209,622

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,836,522
    Expenses
    $5,713,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,527,274

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,329,348
    Expenses
    $5,729,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,448,576

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,175,948
    Expenses
    $3,511,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,905,083

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,772,234
    Expenses
    $4,090,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,263,333

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,636,322
    Expenses
    $4,156,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,633,887

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,346,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,076,370

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.

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