Small Public Charity

NORTH CAROLINA RICE FESTIVAL INC

NORTH CAROLINA RICE FESTIVAL INC, of LELAND, NC, is a Small Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $66K in revenue, $93K in expenses, $40K in total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $16K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 834395857 LELAND, NC Natural History & Natural Science Museums NTEE: A56 Latest filing: 2025

Organization Summary

Grant Records 1

Filing History 2022–2025

Funding Total $16K

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Financial Snapshot · 2025

Total Revenue $66K

Total Expenses $93K

Total Assets $40K

Total Revenue$66K

Total Expenses$93K

Total Assets$40K

Grant Records1

Funding Total$16K

Filing Years2022–2025

Mission

The mission of the North Carolina Rice Festival Inc. is to attract visitors and residents adults and youth to an annual series of events and related programs to increase awareness of the rice-growing heritage of Brunswick County NC and the cultural connections between the regions Gullah Geechee descendants and the inhabitants of West Africas fabled Rice Coast. Also to showcase the regions unique status as the northernmost area of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.The NCRF motto is Education through Celebration.

Where $100 goes at North Carolina Rice Festival Inc

How North Carolina Rice Festival Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 4 years.

$85 Programs the work itself

$15 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $85 for programs

$46

The fourth North Carolina Rice Festival commemorates the rich history of rice cultivation in the Cape Fear Region and honors the cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee community

54% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 5,000 participants

$30

Fourth annual Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Gala designed to celebrate the cultural contributions of the Gullah Geechee people brought to North Carolina as slaves to work the rice…

35% of program spending

Hosted our third Ancestry Reveal event where participants provided DNA samples for testing by African Ancestry Inc

10% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 100 people

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

GullahGeechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission Inc

2022

HERITAGE GRANT

$16,000

Showing up to 5 of 1 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Parliamentarian Arlene Holmes

Festival Events Manager Caroline Lewis

Board Member Charlotte Armstrong

Vice Chair and Publicity-Promotions Manager D Kamili Anderson

Chairman Dr Doug Cushing

Board Member James Mckee

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture

$16,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$66K	$93K	$40K
2024	$113K	$90K	$67K
2023	$102K	$113K	$44K
2022	$92K	$61K	$54K

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $92K to $66K (-29%), with total assets most recently reported at $40K.

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