Kids First of the Carolinas

Analysis

Kids First of the Carolinas is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlotte, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2026. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending February 2021, Kids First of the Carolinas reported income of $159k and spending of $144k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from February 2019 to February 2021, income fell from $574k to $159k (-72%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2021, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kids First of the Carolinas sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I 58 KC Ministries ($159k), Pathway Home of the Finger Lakes Inc ($159k) and Meridian Place Development Corporation ($159k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $24k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $24k.