Records: NAACP North Carolina loses tax-exempt status

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in North Carolina has lost its tax-exempt status, according to a website that tracks those things.

The IRS revoked the state NAACP of its tax-exempt status in May 2022 after the organization did not file 990 tax forms showing exempt from income tax for three consecutive years. The announcement was made public in August.

The decision means any donations leading up to elections are taxable and not deductible for donors.

The state NAACP has struggled with accusations of misspending compounded by the death of its former president, Reverend Anthony Spearman, back in July.

Spearman's son, Anthony, said his father died at his home in Greensboro. He said he didn’t know the cause of death.

Spearman, who was in his early 70s, was a champion of social justice and long an advocate for the sick or imprisoned.