Northside School of Christian Leadership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921000802
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Wilmington, NC, USA
Phone
9107916295
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$709,940
Expenses
$644,716
Assets
$127,516
Liabilities
$103,737

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joe Easterling (Board of Trustees President)
  • Barry Henline (Board of Trustees Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Joe Easterling (Board of Trustees President)
  • Barry Henline (Board of Trustees Vice-President)
  • Kim Baltzegar (Board of Trustees Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Northside School of Christian Leadership is to prepare students through a Christ-centered biblically-based quality education to fulfill their roles as effective leaders in their world and vivid representatives of Christ and His kingdom.

What it reported doing in 2024

In the schools 2nd year a significant community support and giving campaign was undertaken. The primary goal of the campaign was to raise funds for the construction of a playground. The appropriate funds were raised and the playground was completed in April 2025. The students body was solicited for their input on what they would most like to see be improved at the school and this was their overwhelming choice. The 3rd grade students were chosen to design and spec it out solicit bids determine costs secure equipment and labor and participate in construction. The entire school including staff was to commit the project to Gods care through prayer. This was a valuable life experience for all the students and staff. The most important lesson they took away from this endeavor was that God is faithful as they say how He responded to all the prayers in a multitude of ways to enable a successful completion of the playground!!!

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 56.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 98.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 86.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $522K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.