Public Charity

Make North Carolina First

Based in Raleigh, NC, Make North Carolina First operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $6.1M in revenue, $5.4M in expenses, $1.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 43 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $17.8M.

EIN: 463981642 Raleigh, NC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.1M
Total Expenses$5.4M
Total Assets$1.5M
Grant Records43
Funding Total$17.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Make North Carolina First conducts research, sponsors educational activities and events, and disseminates accurate and timely information to promote the general public's understanding of ways to maintain and improve North Carolina's common good, quality of life and social welfare.

Where $100 goes at Make North Carolina First

How Make North Carolina First divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
During this fiscal year, Make North Carolina First sponsored educational activities and disseminated information concerning social issues and topics important to North Carolinians including North Carolina's education system…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Jay Reiff
General Counsel, Secretary, Treasurer Michael L Weisel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,070,000 17 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$5,019,500 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,427,000 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$975,000 2 grants
Economic Development
$310,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.1M $5.4M $1.5M
2024 $13.3M $12.8M $823K
2023 $2.9M $2.9M $328K
2022 $2.4M $2.7M $336K
2021 $2.0M $2.1M $567K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.0M to $6.1M (+204%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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