Efficiency Ranking · North Carolina

Most Efficient Charities in North Carolina

23 nonprofits ranked by Efficiency Score. 1 earn an A grade for excellent financial stewardship.

Below: North Carolina's most efficient nonprofits, ranked by the NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric. The rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%).

Efficiency rankings do not necessarily favor large or small organizations — the rubric rewards organizations that hold healthy reserves, run on stable funding, and pay officers in line with sector norms regardless of scale. Efficiency scores are recomputed each time we ingest new Form 990 filings; small movements year-to-year are normal as filing data updates.

#	Organization	Category	Score	Revenue	Officer Pay	Grade
1	Wakemed Health	Health	90	$2.1B	$12.2M	A
2	North Carolina Baptist Hospital Health	Health	79	$3.0B	$24.6M	B
3	Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc Health	Health	78	$1.8B	$3.7M	B
4	Duke University Health System Inc Health	Health	76	$4.7B	$11.6M	B
5	Presbyterian Hospital Health	Health	76	$2.0B	$2.2M	B
6	Wingate University Education	Education	75	$167.7M	$1.8M	B
7	Novant Health Inc Health	Health	73	$4.0B	$28.8M	B
8	Educational Testing Service Education	Education	72	$1.1B	$11.1M	B
9	North Carolina Performing Arts Center At Charlotte Foundation Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	72	$45.7M	$1.8M	B
10	Elon University Education	Education	66	$389.1M	$2.6M	B
11	Wake Forest University Health Sciences Education	Education	64	$1.2B	$27.0M	C
12	Campbell University Education	Education	64	$229.2M	$2.3M	C
13	Serc Reliability Corporation Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	63	$33.2M	$3.0M	C
14	High Point University Education	Education	62	$422.1M	$7.1M	C
15	Triangle Land Conservancy Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	59	$18.2M	$132K	C
16	Duke University Education	Education	56	$3.7B	$23.7M	C
17	Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	55	$11.0M	$311K	C
18	Wake Forest University Education	Education	54	$686.9M	$9.0M	C
19	Davidson College Education	Education	54	$202.4M	$3.0M	C
20	Nc State Investment Fund Inc Education	Education	54	$147.8M	—	C
21	North Carolina State University Foundation Inc Education	Education	54	$64.3M	—	C
22	Gothic Corporation Education	Education	52	$1.7B	—	C
23	Ncinnovation Inc Education	Education	50	$10.3M	$630K	C

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Frequently Asked Questions

The most efficient charities in North Carolina are ranked above by our Efficiency Score. The top-ranked organization scores 90/100.

The Efficiency Score weighs three factors from IRS Form 990 data: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%). It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide. Scores range from 0 to 100.