North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Innovate learning: the North Carolina center for nonprofits trained 4,800 community leaders this year through 83 presentations, webinars, and workshops across the state about best practices in nonprofit governance, leadership, and management. These trainings provided opportunities for nonprofit board and staff members to strengthen community assets, exchange solutions to problems, share the lessons they have learned, and offer support to each other in their challenging work. Topics included major donor strategies and capturing the next generation of big donors, leveraging analytics and genai to thrive, feeling good about giving difficult feedback, preparing for and managing change in an evolving world, and nurturing a sustainable mission- driven culture. During these training activities, we: - educated 504 nonprofit leaders about emerging issues and best practices at our 2024 statewide conference. This two-day in-person conference featured a keynote from amber melanie smith, who shared a presentation focused on sustaining and sparking passion for nonprofit leadership. The event featured 15 concurrent sessions tackling a wide variety of nonprofit management topics as well as a legal compliance workshop, networking opportunities, and an exhibitor hall. - partnered with atlas rose to offer an intensive marketing boot camp for 21 nonprofit marketing professionals. - supported nonprofit leaders by preparing them for the 2024 election and offering guidance on how results of the 2024 election may impact their organizations, providing a 2025 public policy preview covering both state and federal public policies affecting nonprofits, and providing guidance on the provisions in the federal budget reconciliation bill - known as the one big beautiful bill act - affecting charitable nonprofits. - collaborated with nonprofit capacity builders in North Carolina to offer four nonprofit policy conversations to bring together nonprofit leaders and local elected officials to discuss public policy issues that are important to charitable nonprofits and the people and communities they serve. Executive leadership cohort: creating an anti-racist community with purpose, intent & impact: the executive leadership cohort was a five-session professional development series designed to support nonprofit leaders in strengthening organizational culture, leadership practices, and accountability related to equity and inclusion. The nc center staff and community capacity building partners facilitated discussions and applied learning, participants explored topics such as leadership philosophy, bias and microaggressions, relationship-building across differences, and strategies for organizational change. The series concluded with participants developing and refining concrete actions to advance more equitable and inclusive practices within their organizations and professional networks. Nonprofit management institute: since september 2020, the center continues to offer its "nonprofit management institute" (npmi) twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall to over 500 nonprofit leaders. This learning cohort of nonprofit executives, managers, and board leaders gathers virtually to assess their organizations' management practices, identify successes and challenges, build capacity where there are gaps, and work towards long-term sustainability. We are excited to add that local funders have continued to provide scholarships to their grantees to participate in the institute and graduate with a nonprofit management institute certificate. Npmi master class: the North Carolina center for nonprofits hosted its first in-person nonprofit management institute (npmi) master class, bringing alumni together for a powerful afternoon of connection, learning, and growth. Designed to deepen nonprofit management skills beyond the core institute experience, the master class created space for meaningful peer exchange, practical application, and engagement with experienced nonprofi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 30.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings