A Cause for Tea
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.1m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$669k
$16k liabilities
Net assets
$652k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
5.1y av
Staff
116
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
James Baldree
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
A Cause for Tea's network
6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 1 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 6 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Baldree Chair | Chair of Finance Committee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robin Pugh Chair | Chairman | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jason Lanier | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Julie Blanton | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Rhonda Griffin | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| TIM Bagwell | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhonda Griffin | President | 40 | $0 | ||
| Jason Lanier | Secretary | 8 | $0 | ||
| Robin Pugh | Chairman | 8 | $0 | ||
| James Baldree | Chair of Finance Committee | 8 | $0 | ||
| Julie Blanton | Treasurer | 8 | $0 | ||
| Tim Bagwell | Director | 8 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- A Cause for Tea
- EIN
- 474916342
- Address
- 900 W Franklin St, Monroe, NC, 28112-4612
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- To empower women and children (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P20 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Rhonda Griffin (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2018
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJason Lanier
≥8years on the filingsRhonda Griffin
≥3years on the filingsJames Baldree
≥3years on the filingsRobin Pugh
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $669k
- Total liabilities
- $16k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $652k
- Contributions and grants received
- $109k
- Program service revenue
- $2m
- Employees
- 116
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7m | $1.8m | Deficit $12k |
| 2023 | $1m | $752k | $269k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.