Nonprofit run by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s family ‘terminating’ work with NCDHHS
RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — The nonprofit run by the wife of North Carolina governor hopeful and current Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will soon end what it describes as its “only business.”
Balanced Nutrition, Inc., a nonprofit run by Yolanda Hill, told the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services that the organization would no longer be working with the state’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.
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NCDHHS provided the following statement:
We can confirm we received notice on April 2 from Balanced Nutrition, Inc. that they will be terminating their agreement as a Sponsoring Organization under the Child and Adult Care Food Program effective April 30. The department will work to ensure a smooth transition for the facilities sponsored by the institution.
FOX8 has requested further documentation from NCDHHS regarding the end of its agreement with Balanced Nutrition Inc.
Balanced Nutrition, Inc. describes itself on its website as “a private non-profit organization dedicated to helping child-care providers make the most out of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The food program is our only business. Our staff has over twenty-plus years of experience working with CACFP, making us well-qualified to serve the providers and the children in their care.”
While the IRS reports that Balanced Nutrition, Inc. has not yet filed tax forms for 2023, the nonprofit reported in 2022 that it received $1,768,649 in grants and contributions and $1,590,153 in expenses. According to the form, it spent $172,796 in employee salary. $23,048 of that was paid to Hill and Robinson’s son Dayson Robinson, who worked for the organization part-time. The nonprofit lists Hill and Cassaundra Spinks as its two other employees.
Balanced Nutrition, Inc., has reported steadily increasing contributions over the past five years. In 2018, the year Robinson found himself first in the public eye, they reported $581,730 in gifts, grants and contributions. The following year, that number doubled to $1,105,793 and has risen every year since.
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ProPublica reports that Balanced Nutrition, Inc. received $28,610 dollars in a PPP loan from the government in April 2020, which was forgiven. They received another $28,312 in February 2021, a few months before Robinson appeared on FOX News railing against “government handouts.” He also wrote in his 2022 memoir that he’s struggled with finances but that these were “the ups and downs of a man who is determined to make a go of it in the world without a steady stream of government ‘charity.'”
A report from The Assembly notes that this nearly $30,000 loan matches a salary increase reported by Hill between 2019 and 2020.
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