Royal City Collaboration Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823281642
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7044994900
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,163
- Expenses
- $75,610
- Assets
- $4,403
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- Khalif J Guiden (Founder Organizer)
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
The Collaboration Corps primary exempt purpose is to empower underserved communities in Charlotte, NC, through arts, culture, and creative engagement. The organization engages local artists, curates meaningful experiences, and activates public spaces using music, visual art, and design to strengthen community connections. With a strong focus on uplifting Black and BIPOC residents, The Collaboration Corp provides accessible arts programming, fosters economic opportunities for creatives, and delivers culturally enriching experiences that inspire, educate, and unite. In recent years, the organization has also begun expanding its efforts to include the development of large-scale events and immersive experiences. This shift supports greater community impact, increased visibility for local talent, and organizational growth aimed at creating sustainable change through creativity.
What it reported doing in 2025
Crafts For The People, Sound Makers Social, Pop-Up Events & Community Activations - Crafts For The People is a hands-on workshop series designed to provide accessible creative education and skill-building opportunities for community members across Charlotte, NC. The program engaged 150+ participants through structured sessions focused on leatherworking, design, and functional art creation. Participants were guided through the full creative process, from concept to completion, while gaining practical skills and exposure to creative entrepreneurship. The program prioritized accessibility, community connection, and cultural expression, creating a welcoming environment for individuals of all backgrounds to engage in meaningful artistic experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.6%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 54%; rating input score 54
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: 0.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.6% of revenue deployed · 54% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.