Greater Cabarrus Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933345569
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Concord, NC, US
Phone
704-707-3228
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,751,540
Expenses
$712,602
Assets
$5,598,681
Liabilities
$19,902

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAM CRUICKSHANK (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAM CRUICKSHANK (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $130,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Greater Cabarrus Foundation connects local generosity to the nonprofits serving our community’s greatest needs. Through strategic grantmaking, fundraising, and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more vibrant Cabarrus County for generations to come.

What it reported doing in 2025

3. Capacity building through collaborationwe bring together diverse public and private stakeholders agencies, businesses, government entities, donors, and community members to collaborate on solutions and initiatives that address the most pressing needs in our community and help build the organizational capacity of those agencies which provide valuable services to their clients. Guided by the community needs assessment produced by the cabarrus health alliance, we ensure our efforts are aligned with both current and future community needs

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $47.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 87.6%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.86; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 172.4% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 177.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 184.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $477K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • 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 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.