Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Charlotte, NC EIN: 56-1089384

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Charlotte, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $26K in total assets.

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc at a glance

Total assets
$25,972
-3.7% vs 2023
Expenses (2024)
$1,000
-91.9% vs 2023
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Charlotte

How Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (−17%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $250K (2021) to $300K (2020). In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $250K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Carolina Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Inc Charlotte, NCAnnual Distribution$250,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$25,972—$1,000———
2023$26,972—$12,351———
2022$39,323$250,000$270,878$250,0001—
2021$310,201$251,757$297,911$250,0001—
2020$606,355$405,333$363,744$300,0001—
2019$969,827$141,248$401,483$300,0001$137,883

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc is led by Leslie D Louis, Director & Chair on filings since 2022; none of the 26 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Leslie D Louis

    Director & Chair

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben D Kochenower

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brandon Nudd

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Hymbaugh

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Tullock

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Tincopa

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Kidder

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Domingo Paulino

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary D Moyer

    Director & Secretary

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Haskell Williams

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Narcedalia Garcia

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard D Russell

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Santa Arvelo

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Baumgarten

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Crystal Thigpen

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Keith Shepard

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Will Oosthuzien

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brad Cauley

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dewald Coetzer

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald W Ambler

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Louis DesChamps

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Oziel Escamilla

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Mills Carpenter

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Anderson

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Nunnaley Jr.

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ross Knight

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (53)
  • Former: Linda Stamp (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lydia R. Ray (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Cara Simonds (2022) — Director
  • Former: Chad Grundy (2022) — Director
  • Former: Dexter Richardson (2022) — Director
  • Former: Don Wetmore (2022) — Director
  • Former: Esteban Ricardo Palacios (2022) — Director
  • Former: Gary Rouse (2022) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Hernandez (2022) — Director
  • Former: Kieth Shephard (2022) — Director
  • Former: Ralph Henderson (2022) — Director
  • Former: Remy Guenin (2022) — Director
  • Former: Bunch Jimm (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Donaldson Jeff (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Grundy Chad (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Hymbaugh Christina (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kochenower Ben (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Louis Leslie (2019–2021) — Director & Chair
  • Former: Moyer Gary (2019–2021) — Director & Secretary
  • Former: Richardson Dexter (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rilea Lester (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rivera Jose (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rouse Gary (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Russell Richard (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Shepard Raymond Keith (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Stamp Linda (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Wetmore Don (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Williams Andrew (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Williams Haskell (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Worth Kevin (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Yaste Christian (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Arvelo Santa (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Blake Ivan (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Garcia Narcedalia (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Hutchinson Deborah (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kidder David (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Tullock Dan (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Baumgarten Tim (2021) — Director
  • Former: Davis Donovan (2021) — Director
  • Former: Guenin Remy (2021) — Director
  • Former: Hernandez Jessica (2021) — Director
  • Former: Nudd Brandon (2021) — Director
  • Former: Paulino Domingo (2021) — Director
  • Former: Ray Lydia (2021) — Director
  • Former: Shireman Stan (2021) — Director
  • Former: Williams Charles Don (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Gonzalez Hector (2020) — Director
  • Former: Reeves Cory (2020) — Director
  • Former: Russell Richard Rick (2020) — Director
  • Former: Wright David (2020) — Director
  • Former: Arce Maikel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Henriquez Andres (2019) — Director
  • Former: Williams Patrick (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc

How large is Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc?

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc reported $26K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990-EZ.

What is Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc?

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Charlotte, NC. It holds $26K in total assets as of 2024.

Where does Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc operate?

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc has awarded grants in North Carolina.

What is Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc's EIN?

Carolina Adventist Retirement Systems Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-1089384. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 11, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 4, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 14, 2023)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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