Winston Salem Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833752096
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Winstonsalem, NC, US
- Phone
- 3367597762
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,718,529
- Expenses
- $4,849,128
- Assets
- $3,340,598
- Liabilities
- $2,294,010
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR BRYAN WOLFE (HEAD OF SCHOOL & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- TERRI SMITH (TREASURER): $72,612 total reported compensation
- DR BRYAN WOLFE (HEAD OF SCHOOL & CEO): $66,515 total reported compensation
- JANE WALLACE (SECRETARY): $40,515 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inspire and develop every student for Christ-like engagement with the world. Learn how to interact with people that you don’t have to interact with. Every person is an image bearing child of God and has dignity. Every person has the ability to teach you something. Every person deserves your attention and support. 19. Keep yourself and the bathroom clean. Take ownership of your environment. Even if you did not make the mess, help keep the school clean when it is reasonable. 56. Leave notes of encouragement and appreciation for hotel staff. It is important to show appreciation and respect for people who work in the service industry. 57. If someone else drops something, pick it up for them. If you see someone drop something, and it is easier for you to pick it up, pick it up. Always be helpful when you can. Never say “It’s not my problem”. We are a community and so what affects one of...
What it reported doing in 2024
Winston salem christian school is a day school serving students from preschool through 12th grade.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $428.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
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: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.