2018-02-14T12:55:49-06:00 2017-06-30 BATCHELOR TILLERY & ROBERTS LLP 3605 GLENWOOD AVENUE SUITE 350 RALEIGH NC 27612 990 2016-07-01 561729407 NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INC % JEANNE TEDROW NORT 9197901555 1110 NAVAHO DRIVE SUITE 200 RALEIGH NC 276097322 JEANNE TEDROW PRESIDENT 9197901555 2018-02-14 true Michelle W Lemanski P00858709 9197878212 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z JEANNE TEDROW 1110 NAVAHO DRIVE SUITE 200 RALEIGH NC 276097322 1283174 false X www.ncnonprofits.org X 1990 NC To enrich North Carolina's communities and economy through a strong economy through a strong nonprofit sector and nonprofit voice. 12 12 19 325 38737 18657 1381162 1033455 200000 205418 4840 10610 32591 33691 1618593 1283174 0 0 0 0 1173603 986636 0 0 193800 409686 393299 1583289 1379935 35304 -96761 1382317 1280856 344459 339759 1037858 941097 X THE MISSION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS IS TO ENRICH NORTH CAROLINA'S COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMY THROUGH A STRONG NONPROFIT SECTOR AND NONPROFIT VOICE. THE N.C. CENTER SERVES AS AN INFORMATION CENTER ON EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES, A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK FOR BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS OF 501(C)(3) NONPROFITS, AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE NONPROFIT SECTOR AS A WHOLE. FOUNDED IN 1990, IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST STATEWIDE ASSOCIATIONS OF NONPROFITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. false false 335261 0 136840 SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS: The North Carolina Center trained 3,879 community leaders this year through 53 webinars and workshops across the state about good practices in nonprofit governance, leadership, and management. This training provided opportunities for nonprofit board and staff members to exchange solutions to community problems, share the lessons they have learned, and offer support to each other in their challenging work. Sample topics include how nonprofits can fundraise with crowdsourcing, utilize best practices, employ technology to automate processes, sucessfully manage executive transitions, develop current and future leaders for nonprofits, advocate for their causes, and comply with federal and state regulations for nonprofits. In some specific examples of training activities, we: A) Collaborated with the N.C. Association of CPAs to offer the 2017 Not-for-Profit Accounting Conference with 403 people in attendance. B) Educated 625 Nonprofit leaders about emerging issues and best practices at our 2016 Statewide conference, Nonprofits at a Crossroads. This Two-Day event featured a keynote presentation by writer and journalist Farai Chideya, Seventeen Workshops on all aspects of nonprofit management and operations, and Deep-Dive intensives on digital strategies, social innovation for sustainable impact, and laws that govern nonprofits. Peer-Sharing time, career coaching, and networking opportunities rounded out the agenda. C) Provided training and information on advocacy and working with legislators to 512 nonprofit staff, board, and volunteers through our 2017 Nonprofit Town Hall series. Our Town Halls helped nonprofits better understand how new legislation could affect their daily work, educated legislators on the ways that various proposals could affect their constituents and districts, and connected local nonprofits with their legislators. 307913 0 8167 Outreach, Education of the Public, and Collaboration: The Center educated the public on the value of nonprofits to the people of North Carolina in a number of ways. For example, we: A) Distributed "Quick Facts: Nonprofits' Impact on North Carolina." B) Distributed "Countdown to the Inevitable: North Carolina Nonprofit CEOs in Transition, a report by the Center based on responses to a statewide survey of executive directors/CEOs to learn about their career paths, plans for their own executive transitions, and their jobs and boards of directors. C) Helped top community leaders publish their op-ed articles and letters to the editor in order to help spread the word about the role of nonprofits in their geographic areas. D) Conducted interviews with the news media. E) Engaged 8,925 people about our mission through social media. F) Made educational presentations to dozens of groups of community and business leaders, lawmakers, and media representatives. G) Welcomed 227,723 unique visitors and more than 1,546,677 page views to our website. H) Continued to update our website (www.ncnonprofits.org), which offers extensive resources on effective nonprofit practices, training opportunities, and nonprofit careers. I) Collaborated with hundreds of nonprofit, business, and government entities to achieve this educational goal. In November, the Center and nonprofits celebrated our state's annual Nonprofit Awareness Month. We encouraged nonprofits across North Carolina to educate the public about how nonprofits make their local communities better places to live and work. We promoted #GivingTuesday, a global initiative to encourage and promote giving and to provide an alternative to the consumer-oriented Black Friday. We advocated for a positive policy environment to support nonprofits' work. We worked closely with the Center's grassroots network of 4,119 nonprofit board and staff leaders in all 100 counties that have asked to participate in this advocacy network. To multiply our impact, we collaborated with statewide, local, and national organizations that serve nonprofits. Some examples of specific results include: A) Kept the nonprofit sector united on contentious state tax policy issues. Through our work with our grassroots network and the Alliance for NC Nonprofits, our direct advocacy with legislators, and our media outreach, we suceeded in protecting nonprofit sales tax refunds and property tax exemption and preserving NC's charitable deduction on state income taxes. B) Successfully advocated on state legislation and rules to help nonprofits save time and money. Examples include reducing unnecessary and redundant reporting requirements on state grants and contracts and clarifying state laws on nonprofit fundraising events. C) Tracked dozens of bills in the N.C. General Assembly that could affect nonprofits in a wide variety of ways. D) Kept nonprofit staff and board members across the state informed through weekly email updates, social media postings, and regional workshops. E) Connected nonprofits with elected officials in their communities at a series of eight nonprofit town halls held around the state. 185349 0 494723 Member Services to Nonprofits: The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits offered an array of services to increase nonprofits' knowledge and their capacity to make a positive difference for their communities and causes. For example, we helped nonprofits exchange solutions and work together for a better North Carolina by supporting a network of 6,250 board and staff leaders and other volunteers in 1,432 nonprofits of all sizes and types that serve all 100 counties. In our most recent statewide survey, 74% of member nonprofits reported actual improvements they have made in their organizations through information or assistance provided by the N.C. Center. In addition, 53% have saved time, 42% have saved money, and 71% of board and staff members have grown personally or professionally. Members rated the Center's services overall with an average of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale (where 5 is excellent and 1 is poor) and consistently ranked our two top services as advocacy and information and resources. In addition, 96% would recommend the Center to other nonprofits. The best measure of the value of the Center's services to North Carolina's nonprofits is whether they renew their memberships. We achieved a 79% membership renewal rate this year. 117217 56511 EDUCATIONAL SVCS AND TECH. 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HOWEVER, INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CENTER'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTER DOES NOT BELIEVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. TAX YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2017 REMAIN OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS-PART V, LINE 4 THE INCOME EARNED ON PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED ASSETS CAN BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS. SEVERAL FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO SPEND OR ACCUMULATE DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS: 1. THE DURATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FUND 2. THE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND 3. GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 4. THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF INFLATION AND DEFLATION 5. THE EXPECTED TOTAL RETURN FROM INCOME AND THE APPRECIATION OF INVESTMENTS 6. OTHER RESOURCES OF THE ORGANIZATION 7. THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE ORGANIZATION X X X false false false false false false false false false PATRICIA LESTER ACTING PRESIDENT/SECRETARY 174124 0 0 0 0 0 13383 0 6339 0 193846 0 0 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES - FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D DESCRIPTION: Educational Services And Technical Assistance Expenses: $117,217 Including Grants of $0 Revenue: $56,511 The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits provided educational materials, training, and technical assistance to board and staff leaders in nonprofits throughout the state. We educated nonprofits about effective organizational practices in nonprofit management, governance, and leadership. Examples of topics include, financial management, legal compliance, accountability, fundraising, evaluation, advocacy, technology, succession planning and executive transitions, communications, and collaboration. In addition, we added 125 resources on good practices to the nearly 1,200 carefully-selected resources already offered on our website. Nonprofits tapped this online library by downloading sample organizational policies and substantive articles on specific challenges that they were facing with an average of 143 downloads per day. The Center produced timely in-depth resources, including Countdown to the Inevitable: North Carolina Nonprofit CEO's in Transition, our newest report focusing on nonprofit CEOs' plans for their executive transitions and how nonprofit staff and boards can and should prepare. We issued quarterly Common Ground and bi-weekly Connect & Learn e-newsletters full of nonprofit best practices, news, and trends. We disseminated the Centers signature guide, Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence: A Self-Help Tool for Organizational Effectiveness, which outlines specific benchmarks to help nonprofits identify areas for improvement in their governance. The Center publishes these resources to help ensure the integrity of the nonprofit sector and promote stewardship by individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector as a whole. Through partnerships with the N.C. Bar Association, N.C. Association of CPAs, Raleigh-Wake Human Resources Management Association, American Marketing Association, and the International Coach Federation, the Center has developed a volunteer network of 216 experienced attorneys, certified public accountants, and professionals in human resources, marketing, succession planning, and coaching. We arranged 414 pro bono consultations for nonprofits with these volunteers in specialty areas that are critical to nonprofits' sucess. We also offered free on-site consultations with experts at the 2016 Conference for NCs Nonprofits. Description: Research Expenses: $57,408 including grants of $0 Revenue: $0 The N.C. Center continued to collaborate with state government and other nonprofits to solve problems that nonprofits were experiencing when they provide public services through government grants and contracts. We raised longstanding, systemic problems based on North Carolina information researched by the N.C. Center, the national Nonprofit Finance Fund and The Urban Institute. Issues included unnecessary and duplicative application and reporting requirements that added unnecessarily to nonprofits administrative burden, government not paying nonprofits the full cost of providing services, and government changing its expectations in the middle of the contract period. The Center also distributed "Essential: Our State's Nonprofit Sector is a Vital Economic Engine", a comprehensive economic impact report on North Carolina's nonprofit sector. The report examines the economic impact of nonprofits in North Carolina and the challenges facing the sector. It was developed using research from the N.C. Center, the N.C. Department of Commerce, the Nonprofit Finance Fund, and the National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute. Description: Nonprofit Sector Resource Conservation Expenses: $32,729 including grants of $0 Revenue: $32,591 The N.C. Center offered 30 programs to help nonprofits conserve resources so they can maximize the value of their programs to their communities. Examples include options for reducing the costs of unemployment insurance and employee benefit programs, as well as discounts on other operating expenses such as email marketing, information technology services, charitable solicitation registration requirements, top journals, a guide to the N.C. legislature, and online surveys. We also disseminated tips on saving time and money. PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990 - FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B Form 990 is sent in draft form to members of the Board of Directors for review and changes. Any substantive changes are sent back to the full Board for review. The final Form 990 is sent to the IRS. COMPENSATION POLICY - FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B Salary ranges for all positions are developed based on studies of comparable positions. The Executive Committee of the organization's Board of Directors reviews and decides on these salary ranges. The full Board of Directors determines the salary of the President. The Board delegates the setting of salaries for all other staff, including staff who serve as officers, to the President within the limitations of the total organizational budget. DISCLOSURE TO PUBLIC - FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 The governing documents, Form 990 and conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request. The financial statements in Form 990 are also available on guidestar.org and available in summary form in the organization's annual report on its own website. CONFLICT OF INTEREST- FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF REVIEW AND SIGN ANNUALLY THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE PRESIDENT REMINDS THE BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS, VIA QUARTERLY EMAILS SENT PRIOR TO EACH BOARD MEETING, TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.