Alliance Francaise De Charlotte
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237103326
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 5857045566
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $168,066
- Expenses
- $138,957
- Assets
- $103,343
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYDIE SURGET (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LYDIE SURGET (PRESIDENT)
- ALLAN CALDWELL (VICE PRESIDE)
- AARON CAPLICE (VICE PRESIDE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Alliance francaise of charlotte, founded in 1949, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to increase appreciation for the french language and francophone cultures worldwide and reinforce the franco- american friendship. Afc organizes monthly cultural events in the community, offers french classes and theme workshops, and funds two grants annually. Afc is also committed to providing a place where recent arrivals from francophone nations can make connections with other french speakers in charlotte.
What it reported doing in 2025
Membership and other events and classes
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.