The North Caroliniana Society

RALEIGH, NC EIN: 56-1119848 Website

TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN, KNOWLEDGE OF, AND APPRECIATION FOR NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, LIBRARY SERVICE, AND PERPETUATION OF STATE LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$6.3M

+7.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$156K

+24.1% YoY

Grant Count

6

+20.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$26K

+3.4% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$113K$226K$339K$451K20212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$6,273,364$5,857,961$5,453,985
Revenue$349,896$289,718$269,123
Expenses$277,874$295,459$279,770
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$293,729$244,167$228,368
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$42K$83K$125K$167K4 grants20214 grants20224 grants20235 grants20246 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 6 recipients in 2025

NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION$53KCAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES$42KCAROLINA PUBLIC HUMANITIES$20KFEDERATION OF NC HISTORI…$18KNC DEPT CULT NAT RES$14KEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$10K

Grant Size Distribution

23 grants across all recorded years

20<$50K3$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

COPIE CAINEXECUTIVE DI$54K

From 2025 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
COPIE CAINEXECUTIVE DI16$54,247
BLAND SIMPSONPRESIDENT2.5
ALICE R COTTENVICE PRESIDE1
TERRY ROBERTSVICE PRESIDE1
PATRICK S WOOTENSECRETARY/TR1
MARGARET D BAUERDIRECTOR1
DAVID S CECELSKIDIRECTOR1
KEVIN CHERRYDIRECTOR1
TOM EARNHARDTDIRECTOR1
GEORGANN EUBANKSDIRECTOR1
EMILY WILLIAMSON GANGIDIRECTOR1
REBECCA GODWINDIRECTOR1
ANNA R HAYESDIRECTOR1
ERIC JOHNSONDIRECTOR1
LESLIE DULA MCKESSONDIRECTOR1
C EDWARD TEAGUE IIIDIRECTOR1
THOMAS E TERRELL JRDIRECTOR1
MIKE WILEYDIRECTOR1

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

Cities

Chapel HillEdentonGreenvilleRaleigh

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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