Wesleyan School INC

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Peachtree Cor, GA501(c)(3)Since 1963EducationEIN 58-2147411

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Wesleyan's mission is to be a christian School of academic excellence by providing each student a diverse college preparatory education guided by christian principles and beliefs; by challenging and nurturing the mind, body and spirit; and by developing responsible stewardship in our changing world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 550 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.7M a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.0M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 95% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $27K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$40.2M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$45.0M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$42.7M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$130.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$45.0M
FY2024▲ +4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$33.1M
FY2021$38.2M
FY2022$41.7M
FY2023$52.4M
FY2024$43.5M
FY2024$45.0M
Expenses
$42.7M
FY2024▲ +3%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$33.9M
FY2021$34.0M
FY2022$36.8M
FY2023$39.0M
FY2024$41.5M
FY2024$42.7M
Net assets
$130.5M
FY2024▲ +4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$95.2M
FY2021$106.3M
FY2022$106.0M
FY2023$120.7M
FY2024$125.9M
FY2024$130.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1995.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $38.1M Management & general 9% · $3.9M Fundraising 2% · $696K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

36 people listed on the 990; $3.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$671,219Pt VII · Sec A
CFO / Treasurer
$304,313Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operations Officer
$236,127Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Head of School
$218,911Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Head of School for Advancement
$189,038Pt VII · Sec A
Principal - High School
$178,724Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$169,367Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Facilities
$155,362Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher B Cleveland’s $671K as Head of School is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christopher B Cleveland$671,219$558,445$422,697$404,209$439,761$336,335
William J Coxhead$304,313$286,417$291,414$272,840$262,182$250,165
Brian Morgan$236,127$226,847$217,528$203,579$190,421$176,572
Ramona Blankenship$218,911$202,917$186,958$176,334$171,919$152,194
Joseph Koch$178,724$168,674$200,157$153,301$149,371$132,599
Marc Khedouri$189,038$178,986$167,800$161,883$155,183—
Jan Azar—————$178,287
Chad McDaniel$169,367$159,821$159,433$144,054$133,963—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates students with a Christian approach to academic excellence.

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1 program service account for $38.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Education

Wesleyan is an independent k-12 school with a college prepartory curriculum. There is a lower, middle and high school located on 85+ acres with 6 main buildings, 10 faculty houses, 3 chapels, 2 libraries and 2 dining halls. All middle and high school students are given a school issued computer tablet for use in their studies.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$27K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $19.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,332,429
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,251,095
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,021,058
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,233,232
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,200,917
Unitemized GrantFY2019$3,107,608

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$45.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$36.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Money outPt IX
$42.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$38.1M
Managementcol C$3.9M
Fundraisingcol D$696K
Owns and owesPt X
$130.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29.3M
Total assetsLn 16$170.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
36
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$36.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$436K
Gains on assetsLn 7$62K
Total revenueLn 12$45.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$20.0M
SavingsLn 2$9.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$33.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57.1M
Other assetsLn 15$31.4M
Total assetsLn 16$170.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40.2M
Net assetsLn 32$130.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5550
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$41.4M$29.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$30.9M$33.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$60.5M$57.1M
Total assetsLn 16$164.7M$170.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.7M$40.2M
Net assetsLn 32$125.9M$130.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.3M$3.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.7M$2.2M$300K$231K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$18.5M$16.2M$2.1M$253K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.1M$869K$176K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.3M$1.8M$484K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.6M$1.3M$219K$35K
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$75K$75K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$49K$41K$7K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$244K$244K
Office expensesLn 13$583K$377K$69K$136K
Information technologyLn 14$881K$826K$44K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$4.3M$4.3M$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$110K$57K$54K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.8M$3.8M
InsuranceLn 23$566K$453K$108K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.5M$2.5M$8K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$8K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$42.7M$38.1M$3.9M$696K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $43.5M$41.5M$1.9M$125.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $52.4M$39.0M$13.3M$120.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $41.7M$36.8M$4.8M$106.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $38.2M$34.0M$4.2M$106.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $33.1M$33.9M−$793K$95.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $45,019,323 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $377,240 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,902,139
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,902,139
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $36,915,394$36,915,394
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,703,875$1,703,875
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $58,701$58,701
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $61,974$61,974
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,292,634 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,824,550$45,019,323
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $42,748,420 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,332,429$3,332,429
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,199,455 · Management $300,400 · Fundraising $231,055$2,730,910
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,194,192 · Management $2,099,475 · Fundraising $253,304$18,546,971
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $869,120 · Management $176,436 · Fundraising $7,701$1,053,257
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,798,396 · Management $484,148 · Fundraising $4,741$2,287,285
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,330,655 · Management $218,608 · Fundraising $34,850$1,584,113
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $12,068$12,068
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $75,000$75,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $41,128 · Management $6,757 · Fundraising $1,077$48,962
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $244,066$244,066
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $376,986 · Management $69,443 · Fundraising $136,451$582,880
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $825,945 · Management $44,072 · Fundraising $11,426$881,443
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,330,202 · Management $4,115$4,334,317
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $56,942 · Management $53,548$110,490
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,809,748$3,809,748
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $453,047 · Management $107,599 · Fundraising $5,663$566,309
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,521,866 · Management $7,904 · Fundraising $9,902$2,539,672
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,500 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,500
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $38,148,611 · Management $3,903,639 · Fundraising $696,170$42,748,420
Part X · Balance sheet $170,727,318 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $20,515,133$19,963,343
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $20,885,527$9,335,504
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $15,127,413$12,319,941
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,895,584$5,976,868
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $675,160$669,915
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $60,522,691$57,142,237
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $30,875,846$33,937,688
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $9,186,498$31,381,822
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $164,683,852$170,727,318
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,870,048$5,046,119
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $31,491,210$33,495,773
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,374,312$1,703,361
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $38,735,570$40,245,253
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $72,596,790$94,479,508
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $53,351,492$36,002,557
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $125,948,282$130,482,065
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $164,683,852$170,727,318
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $130,482,065 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$45,019,323
XI-2 Total expenses$42,748,420
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,270,903
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$125,948,282
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,417,198
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$154,318
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$130,482,065

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