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SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH CAROLINA INC

EIN 56-1149607 MORRISVILLE, NC

Revenue 2024
$6,909,234
Expenses 2024
$7,107,898

Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
2200 GATEWAY CENTRE BLVD STE 201

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

THE MISSION OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS TO PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND ATHLETIC COMPETITION IN A VARIETY OF OLYMPIC-TYPE SPORTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, GIVING THEM CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP PHYSICAL FITNESS, DEMONSTRATE COURAGE, EXPERIENCE JOY AND PARTICIPATE IN A SHARING OF GIFTS, SKILLS AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILIES, OTHER SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPECIAL OLYMPICS AIMS TO COMBINE HIGH QUALITY SPORTS WITH A WIDE AUDIENCE, AND BE A DRIVING FORCE FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH CAROLINA, INC. (THE ORGANIZATION OR SONC) IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION AUTHORIZED AND ACCREDITED BY SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INCORPORATED (SOI). THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1971 TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZENS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES THROUGH SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES IN SPORTS TRAINING, HEALTH PROGRAMS AND COMPETITIONS BASED ON INFORMATION COLLECTED FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS 2024 GLOBAL ATHLETE CENSUS, SONC INVOLVED 52,591 ATHLETES AND UNIFIED PARTNERS (THOSE WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES) THROUGHOUT NORTH CAROLINA IN 20 SPORTS WITH 641 EVENTS SUPPORTED BY 1337 COACHES. SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS RESULTED IN ACTIVITIES FOR 32,304 STUDENTS IN 535 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IN SONC'S WORK TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES, 15,894 PARTICIPANTS WERE INVOLVED IN SO GOOD, A MULTI-WEEK HEALTH EDUCATION AND FITNESS PROGRAM DONE AT HOME OR IN THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $4,984,950

  • SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH CAROLINA EXPERIENCED A STRONG RETURN TO IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES, REFLECTING A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ITS MISSION FOLLOWING THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC. MOST LOCAL PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY HELD SPRING GAMES, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS DUE TO CHANGES IN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP. ATHLETE PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING AND COMPETITION HAS RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, AND VIRTUAL OPTIONS CONTINUE TO BE EMBRACED BY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE, OFFERING GREATER ACCESSIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, ATHLETES REPRESENTED THE STATE IN VARIOUS OUT-OF-STATE COMPETITIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SPORTS, SHOWCASING THEIR SKILLS AND SPORTSMANSHIP.

    Expenses $1,256,413 · Revenue $74,718

  • IN A TYPICAL YEAR, SPECIAL OLYMPICS RELIES ON THE ENERGY, EXPERTISE, AND COMMITMENT OF OVER 43,000 VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR TO CARRY OUT YEAR-ROUND SPORTS TRAINING, COMPETITION, AND HEALTH/WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEARLY 40,000 REGISTERED ATHLETES. SPECIAL OLYMPICS RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND AVAILABILITY TO SERVE ROLES THAT INCLUDE EVENT PLANNING, ATHLETE OUTREACH, COORDINATION OF LOGISTICS, SPORT DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS, RECRUITMENT OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS, UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS, HEALTH INITIATIVES, AND MUCH MORE. VOLUNTEER COACHES ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR PARTICIPATING ATHLETES, AND THROUGH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH CAROLINA COACHES' CERTIFICATION PROCESS THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $50,772

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.

  • KEN SMITH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHIQUANA DANCY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLEN OLIVER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNIE TANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERAN COE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON ARMSTONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK LEWIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK CURRAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY MERKL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATIE NORDEEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG TAYLOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON ANSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE PACKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TIM TAFT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM TRIANDIFLOU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEWIS MCLEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHIL GRUBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PERRY FLYNN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLEN CARROLL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH L FISHBURNE

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $211,314
    From this org
    $190,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,718
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,596
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,718
    Filer's total
    $211,314

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
    $6,909,234
    Expenses
    $7,107,898
    Contributions
    $4,794,731
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,015,826
    Expenses
    $6,529,922
    Contributions
    $4,476,900
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,481,860
    Expenses
    $5,125,787
    Contributions
    $5,342,208
    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
    $5,201,297
    Expenses
    $3,000,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,145,607

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,712,828
    Expenses
    $3,052,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,739,212

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,146,781
    Expenses
    $4,912,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,438,002

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,116,781
    Expenses
    $4,962,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,472,549

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,690,854
    Expenses
    $4,726,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,883,222

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,898,357
    Expenses
    $4,509,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,399,437

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

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.