Scottish Cultural Outreach Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831015113
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Swansboro, NC, USA
Phone
5616705534
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,812
Expenses
$45,834
Assets
$17,223
Liabilities
$6,769

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Licko Carrere (President)
  • Julia Wax (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Licko Carrere (President)
  • Julia Wax (Vice President)
  • Sandra Gribbin (Officer)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Scottish Cultural Outreach is organized to preserve promote and educate the public about Scottish culture heritage music dance and traditions through educational programming cultural performances community outreach and arts-based initiatives. The organization provides cultural education opportunities for students and the public through programs including Scotland In The Class SITC and Highland Echoes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Highland Echoes Show Program The Highland Echoes program presents educational and cultural performances featuring Scottish music dance language and storytelling for schools theaters festivals and community audiences. The program promotes awareness and appreciation of Scottish heritage through live performances by musicians and dancers specializing in traditional Scottish arts. Programming includes performances of Highland dance bagpipe music fiddle music Scots Gaelic songs historical storytelling and educational demonstrations about Scottish traditions and cultural history. The program serves students families educators and community audiences primarily throughout the southeastern United States. Since its creation Highland Echoes has presented live theater productions school performances workshops and cultural outreach events in multiple states including North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Maryland and Florida. Educational outreach activities include school assembly programs and workshops introducing students to Scottish music dance and cultural traditions. The program also expanded digital outreach through online video performances and educational content increasing public access to Scottish cultural programming. Highland Echoes supports the organizations charitable and educational mission by preserving and promoting traditional Scottish arts and cultural heritage for diverse public audiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.