Public Charity

CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER INC

CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER INC is a Public Charity headquartered in CHARLOTTE, NC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.2M revenue, $4.0M expenses, $10.9M total assets. 64 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 561152286 CHARLOTTE, NC Cultural & Ethnic Awareness NTEE: A23 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$4.0M
Total Assets$10.9M
Grant Records64
Funding Total$8.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE (FORMERLY THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG AFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SERVICE CENTER) EXISTS TO PRESENT, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF ALL.

Where $100 goes at Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc

How Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$26
Institutional focusmarking its 50th anniversary in 2024, the gantt center is a private, 501c3 non-profit cultural center focused on multidisciplinary arts
34% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 500,000 people; 50,000 visits
$25
Initiative for equity + innovationin the fall of 2018, the gantt center launched its initiative for equity and innovation, or iei, as a strategic and permanent response to…
About 33% (cost not reported)
$25
Exhibitions and programmingexhibitionsthe gantt center's artistic vision exemplifies the use of art as activism while embracing innovation and intellectual thought- essential ingredients to fulfilling the critical need for…
About 33% (cost not reported)
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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

DIRECTOR Ann Caulkins
PRESIDENT & CEO Bonita Buford
DIRECTOR Christian Hall
DIRECTOR Crystal Liles
DIRECTOR Crystal M Smith
DIRECTOR Darrel Williams

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,680,920 51 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,731,279 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$5,800 1 grant
Unspecified
$20,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $4.0M $10.9M
2024 $3.3M $4.2M $10.4M
2023 $3.1M $3.2M $10.6M
2022 $2.4M $2.1M $10.0M
2021 $1.9M $1.7M $10.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.9M to $3.2M (+68%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.9M.

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

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