Climbers Club of New Bern

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270281161
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New Bern, NC, USA
Phone
2526383308
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,600
Expenses
$5,140
Assets
$373,561
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nanette Sanders-Cobb (President)
  • Malzeaner A Frazier (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Nanette Sanders-Cobb (President)
  • Jessica L Spencer (Treasurer)
  • Rosanne Wilson (Recording Secretary)

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

An organization of women providing growth, leadership and development programs for women of color, scholarships to deserving high school students, annual donations to community outreach support organizations, a local youth club for boys and girls ages 6-17, partnership with local organizations for educational events, and operation of the Charlotte S. Rhone Cultural Center - formerly the Historic West Street Colored Library in New Bern built in 1947. Climbers Climb is an affiliate of the North Carolina Federation of Colored Women's and Youth Clubs and the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc.

What it reported doing in 2025

Awarded scholarships to local area high school seniors and donated funds for additional scholarship through non-profit affiliate partnerships such as the NCFCWC and NACWC. Supported Panther Pantry-Havelock Campus, Golden Heights Home for the Aged and Coastal Women's Shelter through monetary donations, purchases of elder care and personal items.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.6%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 19

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 72.68; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.6% of revenue deployed · 19.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.