North Carolina Business Leadership Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611652144
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Huntersville, NC, USA
Phone
9804225544
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,435
Expenses
$241,458
Assets
$94,484
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MERRIBETH BUTLER FADEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MERRIBETH BUTLER FADEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PATRICIA K KEUL (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR)
  • YVETTE PITTMAN (BOARD CHAIR)

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

Advancing disability inclusion in businesses across nc. Disability: in North Carolina is your business partner for disability inclusion. We serve as the voice for North Carolina businesses to enhance their disability advantage. By offering strategic solutions to remove barriers, increase effectiveness of recruiting and employment practices and increase productivity through the use of accommodations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Business to business networking and cultural transformation - disability: in North Carolina (di-nc) is a catalyst for transforming business practices and driving inclusive growth across the state. We empower organizations to unlock the potential of business-to-business networking, employment best practices, consulting, training, and supply chain enrichment. Through our signature programs and events, di-nc served nearly 400 forward-thinking business leaders who understand that accessible innovation and an inclusive corporate culture are essential for long-term success. By bridging regional workforce systems, we help employers expand their talent pipelines to include skilled employees with disabilities and foster environments where every employee can thrive and advance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -167%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $210K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.