How Often Do North Carolina Nonprofits Change Auditors?
Between audit years 2024 and 2025, 21 of 474 North Carolina nonprofits with comparable single audits (4.4%) had a primary auditor that differs from the prior observed year, based on Federal Audit Clearinghouse filings as of 2026-10-30.
Data as of Oct 30, 2026 · Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (public data)
How often does the observed auditor change in North Carolina?
| Year pair | Organizations compared | Auditor changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 → 2017 | 423 | 11 | 11 of 423 (2.6%) |
| 2017 → 2018 | 415 | 18 | 18 of 415 (4.3%) |
| 2018 → 2019 | 439 | 34 | 34 of 439 (7.7%) |
| 2019 → 2020 | 471 | 25 | 25 of 471 (5.3%) |
| 2020 → 2021 | 492 | 16 | 16 of 492 (3.3%) |
| 2021 → 2022 | 519 | 33 | 33 of 519 (6.4%) |
| 2022 → 2023 | 549 | 49 | 49 of 549 (8.9%) |
| 2023 → 2024 | 541 | 36 | 36 of 541 (6.7%) |
| 2024 → 2025 | 474 | 21 | 21 of 474 (4.4%) |
Does the rate differ by organization size?
| Band | Compared | Changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10M–$50M | 39 | 2 | 2 of 39 (5.1%) |
| $1M–$3M | 239 | 10 | 10 of 239 (4.2%) |
| $3M–$10M | 162 | 8 | 8 of 162 (4.9%) |
| $50M+ | 11 | 0 | 0 of 11 (0.0%) |
| Not available | 1 | 0 | 0 of 1 (0.0%) |
| Under $1M | 22 | 1 | 1 of 22 (4.5%) |
How we computed this
A change is counted when the auditor named on a nonprofit's Federal Audit Clearinghouse single audit for one year is a different firm from the one named on its report for the prior year. A renamed or re-spelled firm is the same firm; a firm that appears to have combined into another is not counted as a change; pairs we cannot judge are left out of both numbers. Only organizations with a report in both years of a pair are compared, so the denominator is the number compared, not the number filed. It describes what the reports show, not a contract.
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AuditRadar. “How Often Do North Carolina Nonprofits Change Auditors?.” https://getauditradar.com/statistics/nonprofit-auditor-changes/nc/. Data as of 2026-10-30.
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