Twirl to the World Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472204154
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7045740818
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$182,311
Expenses
$102,012
Assets
$190,596
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melvin Z Johnson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Melvin Z Johnson (Executive Director)
  • Jason T McCraw (Co-Founder)
  • Lucky Anneheim (Board Member)

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

Bringing relief and joy to the world through social advocacy and hardship assistance for vulnerable members of Charlotte's LGBTQ community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Internal programming through Twirl Assistance Program (TAP), to provide direct financial assistance to LGBTQ+ community members and families who are facing financial hardship due to medical, social, or other related circumstances. In 2028, we had 218 TAP recipients (direct assistance) for groceries and medical/transportation assistance, up from 173 in 2024, 151 in 2023, and 137 in 2022 and over doubled from 73 in 2021 and 42 in 2020. We also had another 30 LGBTQ+ people to receive mental health therapy through TAP partner referrals, in addition to the 35 in 2024, 52 in 2023, 86 in 2022 and 50 in 2021.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.