The Wesley Foundation of the University of Georgia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
580837239
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Athens, GA, USA
Phone
7063531408
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,524,674
Expenses
$2,521,792
Assets
$2,614,670
Liabilities
$149,240

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Beckwith (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Robert Beckwith (President): $165,381 total reported compensation
  • Aaron Vickroy (Contracted Pastor): $109,490 total reported compensation
  • Andrew Smith (Board and contracted pastor): $80,839 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Foundations purpose is for Methodist outreach to students at the University of Georgia even those who do not identify as Methodist. The Foundation operates a student center and carries out its primary activities: weekly services of worship biblical study and personal ministry as well as weekly student mentorship including local outreach with K-12 students.

What it reported doing in 2025

Programs related to weekly worship services biblical studies personal ministry local outreach and US and global mission trips.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.2% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 22 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 25 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $109K reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.