Western Conservatory of the Arts & Sciences
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204872646
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Nunnelly, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9312150751
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,811
- Expenses
- $60,442
- Assets
- $383,587
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN ISAAC BOTKIN (CEO/DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOHN ISAAC BOTKIN (CEO/DIRECTOR)
- JOSIAH DAVID BOTKIN (TREASURER/DIRECTOR)
- ANNA SOFIA BOTKIN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower christians to own the claims of christ and extend his kingdom to every area of his jurisdiction through the creation and provision of educational materials to christian leaders; to train christians and christian leaders for fruitful work, such as church-planting and humanitarian efforts; to assist scientists in the careful use of research and technology; to inspire christians to see the wisdom in a multigenerational plan for the growth of christianity.
What it reported doing in 2015
Production and distribution of educational christian literature; development of educational materials to train christians and christian leaders
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.35; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.