NORTH CAROLINA FREEENTERPRISE FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: NORTH CAROLINA FREEENTERPRISE FOUNDATION (EIN 56-1782403)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-03-08
IRS object ID: 201810679349301256
Schema version: 2017v2.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-03-08T16:59:03-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	561053187	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MADDISON & CAISON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 OBERLIN RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	RALEIGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	276051136	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	561782403	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NORTH CAROLINA FREEENTERPRISE	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NORT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9198968347	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	434 FAYETTEVILLE STREET STE 1850	AddressLine1Txt
City	RALEIGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27601	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JONATHAN KAPPLER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9198968347	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-03-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SUSAN GLENDENNING	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00921817	PTIN
Phone	9198215482	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-03-07	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	66.57.16.202	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-03-08	IPDt
IP Tm	15:59:03	IPTm
IP Timezone	CS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	8078F336248D663792326049E6F14F4F3B9C119B	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	8078F336248D663792326049E6F14F4F3B9C119B	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GEORGE M TEAGUE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	434 FAYETTEVILLE STREET STE 1850	AddressLine1Txt
City	RALEIGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27601	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$310,195	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.NCFEF.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1992	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS TO FOSTER INFORMED CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY, AND STRENGTHEN NORTH CAROLINA'S PROSPEROUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$307,660	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$287,950	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$42,886	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$22,198	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$83	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$47	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$350,629	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$310,195	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$225,666	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$237,705	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$29,342	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$109,602	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$127,557	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$335,268	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$365,262	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$15,361	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$55,067	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$131,205	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$68,489	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$46,094	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$28,445	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$85,111	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$40,044	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS TO FOSTER INFORMED CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY, AND STRENGTHEN NORTH CAROLINA'S PROSPEROUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$276,131	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$22,198	RevenueAmt
Desc	DIRECTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL RESEARCH TO FOSTER CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CUSTOMIZED PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, A VARIETY OF EVENTS LIKE POLITICAL BRIEFINGS FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC, PRODUCTION OF A DAILY VIDEO AND PODCAST, MAINTENANCE OF RESOURCES TO EXPLAIN STATE POLITICS, A LEADERSHIP FORUM, AS WELL AS LONG AND SHORT-TERM RESEARCH REPORTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$276,131	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9198968347	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	434 FAYETTEVILLE STREET	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	SUITE 1850	AddressLine2Txt
City	RALEIGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27601	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
GEORGE M TEAGUE
CHAIRMAN	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TRACY KIMBRELL
SECRETARY/TR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAZ TUNNELL
FIRST VICE C	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CADY THOMAS
SECOND VICE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JACK COZORT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM S BROWN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RON JOYCE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDY ELLEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MURCHISON BIGGS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DREW SAUNDERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAY ROUSE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIKE CARPENTER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAKE PARKER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SAMMY ROBERSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSEPH STEWART
EXEC DIR (PA	50.00		Yes (X)	$110,804	$0	$14,261
JONATHAN KAPPLER
EXECUTIVE DI	50.00		Yes (X)	$33,044	$0	$3,191

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$143,848	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$17,452	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$156,950	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$131,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$287,950	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON	$10,301	$10,301
DIRECTORY	$7,341	$7,341
THINKERS LUNCH	$4,180	$4,180
OTHER PROGRAM INCOME	$376	$376

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$22,198	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$47	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$47	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$310,195	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,198	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$47	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$161,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$119,364	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,420	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,516	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,992	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,929	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,541	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,522	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$835	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$192	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$102	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,563	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,256	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,816	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,491	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,153	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,333	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,235	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,875	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,938	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,937	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,325	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,288	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,068	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,919	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,406	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$743	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,199	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$740	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$392	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,055	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,401	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,389	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,265	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,113	TotalAmt
Program Services	$53,651	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,597	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,865	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,452	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,954	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,287	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,211	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,349	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,349	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
MISCELLANEOUS	$4,820	$1,075	$3,745
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	$2,169	$2,169

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$365,262	TotalAmt
Program Services	$276,131	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$59,789	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,342	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$57,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,329	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,528	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,381	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,484	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$864	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$56,582	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$35,298	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,439	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,284	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$131,205	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,489	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,844	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,445	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,445	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,611	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,044	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$85,111	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,044	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$131,205	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,489	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$55,067	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$10,000	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$314,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$307,608	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$293,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$307,660	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$297,200	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,520,536	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$314,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$307,608	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$293,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$307,660	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$297,200	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,520,536	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$200,596	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,319,940	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$88	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$185	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$74	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$83	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$47	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$477	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$29,805	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$47,974	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$44,703	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$42,886	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$29,484	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$194,852	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,715,865	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$22,198	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.76930	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.85020	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, LINE 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	PROGRAM INCOME 194,852	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$56,582	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$35,298	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$21,284	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$21,284	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS TO FOSTER INFORMED CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY, AND STRENGTHEN NORTH CAROLINA'S PROSPEROUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECEIVES A DRAFT OF THE 990 FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO READ CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY AND SIGN DISLOSURE STATEMENT.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION FOR TOP MANAGEMENT IS DETERMINED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECOTRS AND ESTABLISHED BASED ON COMPARABLE DATA FROM INDEPENDENT SOURCES
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE FOUNDATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	PRIOR PERIOD ADJ 10,000 A DONATION RECEIVED IN 2016 FOR 2017 PROGRAMMING WAS CLASSIFIED AS DEFERRED INCOME IN 2016 RATHER THAN AS INCOME TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED.