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A Better NC

Organization Details
Purpose
A Better NC was formed for the purposes of conducting research, sponsoring educational activities and events, and disseminating information to promote the general public?s understanding of ways to maintain and improve North Carolina?s common good, quality of life, and social welfare.
Leadership

Last updated 2018

J. E. Reiff
Director
M. L. Weisel
Director, General Counsel, Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$9.9M
All-Time Expenditures
$9.3M
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by A Better NC since 2016.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$9.94M
Expenditures (All time)
$9.33M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that A Better NC has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

Data only includes electronic filings. To look for paper reports, try the IRS’ search function.

2024

  • $10,000 in contributions
  • $12,100 in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 26, 2024 to December 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
October 17, 2024 to November 25, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$200
Pre-election report (NC)
October 1, 2024 to October 16, 2024
(General election: November 5, 2024)
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$10,000
Total expenditures
$10,700
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,200
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2023

  • $0 in contributions
  • $2,600 in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$842
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,758

2022

  • $200,000 in contributions
  • $205,444 in expenditures
October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$3,913
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$200,000
Total expenditures
$200,000
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed October 24, 2022 at 05:50PM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$200,000
Total expenditures
$201,018
1st report
This report was processed October 13, 2022 at 01:10AM.
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$950
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$581

2021

  • $0 in contributions
  • $19,143 in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$16,722
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$2,421

2020

  • $4.9M in contributions
  • $5.2M in expenditures
November 25, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$1,291
Total expenditures
$161
October 15, 2020 to November 24, 2020
Total contributions
$790,000
Total expenditures
$1.38M
October 1, 2020 to October 14, 2020
(General election: November 3, 2020)
Total contributions
$400,000
Total expenditures
$316,324
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$3.75M
Total expenditures
$3.47M
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,050
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2019

  • $0 in contributions
  • $6,073 in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$4,299
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,774

2018

  • $150,000 in contributions
  • $196,241 in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 27, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
October 18, 2018 to November 26, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$9,723
October 1, 2018 to October 17, 2018
(General election: November 6, 2018)
Total contributions
$30,000
Total expenditures
$184,998
July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$120,000
Total expenditures
$1,520
Quarter 2 report
April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2017

  • $0 in contributions
  • $18,485 in expenditures
January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$18,485

2016

  • $4.6M in contributions
  • $3.7M in expenditures
November 29, 2016 to December 31, 2016
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$214
October 21, 2016 to November 28, 2016
Total contributions
$1.49M
Total expenditures
$1.47M
October 1, 2016 to October 19, 2016
(General election: November 8, 2016)
Total contributions
$1.7M
Total expenditures
$1.27M
July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016
Total contributions
$1.45M
Total expenditures
$961,230

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

ProPublica found 3 form 990s on the IRS website filed by A Better NC. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
November 13, 2021 View form
March 27, 2019 View form
August 21, 2018 View form

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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