Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,967,457

Total expenses

$2,012,921

Contributions and grants received

$641,348

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,315,913

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$10,196

Total assets, end of year

$995,857

Total liabilities, end of year

$786,657

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$209,200

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,458,869

Management and general expenses

$473,861

Fundraising expenses

$80,191

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,458,869

Program services were 72.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND TRAINING - INTEGRATED FACILITY BASED WORK TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT. WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL'S (FORMERLY WEBSTER ENTERPRISES) MISSION IS TO SERVE THE DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS OF JACKSON, MACON, SWAIN COUNTIES AND THE EASTERN BAND OF THE CHEROKEE. OUR STAFF OF EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS (ESP'S) WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO FACE BARRIERS TO INDEPENDENT EMPLOYMENT, WHETHER THEY STRUGGLE WITH ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL HARDSHIPS, PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS, OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. OUR WORK GOAL IS TO LOCATE AND SECURE A COMMUNITY BASED, PERSON-CENTERED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH PARTICIPANT. UTILIZING OUR MANUFACTURING FACILITY, WE HAVE CREATED AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM COVERING: WORK SKILLS SUCH AS MEASURED PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY, AND ADHERENCE TO POLICY AND PROCEDURES; AND SOFT-SKILLS, SUCH AS ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY, INTERACTIONS WITH CO-WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS, AND APPROPRIATE ATTIRE AND HYGIENE. OUR CLASSROOM IS UTILIZED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR TEACHING BASIC LANGUAGE AND NUMBER SKILLS, AND ALSO FOR DEVELOPING RESUMES, SEARCHING FOR AND PREPARING JOB APPLICATIONS, AND HONING INTERVIEW SKILLS. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL HAS PLACED OVER 130 OF OUR PARTICIPANTS IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $1,276,502 · Revenue $870,721

• PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES (PRE-ETS) WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL PETS PROGRAM PROVIDES GRADE-SPECIFIC PETS INSTRUCTION TO HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS. PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 12 WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION PER YEAR. STUDENTS ENROLLING IN THE PROGRAM AS FRESHMAN WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 38 WEEKS OF PETS SERVICES OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. MILESTONE INSTRUCTION INCLUDES: CAREER EXPLORATION, PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING, CAREER READINESS INSTRUCTION, WORKS SKILLS LABS, SELF-ADVOCACY TRAINING, WORKPLACE READINESS AND WORK VALUES PROFILE. OUR STAFF ARE SERVING EIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS IN JACKSON, MACON, AND SWAIN COUNTIES AND THE ECBI QUALLA BOUNDARY. DURING THE YEAR, WESTBRIDGE ENGAGED WITH 90 STUDENTS IN THE PETS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $125,450 · Revenue $376,111

• PROJECT SEARCH - INTERNSHIP WORK BASED TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL IS THE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INITIATIVE CALLED PROJECT SEARCH WHICH PROVIDES JOB TRAINING INTERNSHIPS TO DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL OFFICE OF THE STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SCC) AS THE HOST SITE. PROJECT SEARCH PROVIDES THREE WORK-BASED, 8 TO 10-WEEK INTERNSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES VIA A LARGE EMPLOYER "HOST" SITE. PARTICIPANTS HAVE SEVERE TO MODERATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, SUCH AS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, HEARING IMPAIRMENT, ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT AND/OR AUTISM. COMPETITIVE, LOCAL EMPLOYMENT IS THE GOAL AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS OUR EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RATE IS OVER 80% THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM RESULTS IN HARD-WORKING, ENCOURAGED AND SELF-RELIANT INDIVIDUALS LIVING MORE INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $56,917 · Revenue $69,081

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

6 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202540429349301404

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