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FREE WILL BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME INC

EIN 56-0636251 MIDDLESEX, NC

Revenue 2024
$5,215,477
Expenses 2024
$5,094,894

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1270
Street
7907 BUCK DEANS RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR VISION IS TO SEE EVERY CHILD THRIVE AND FAMILIES FLOURISH. FREE WILL BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME IS CALLED TO PROVIDE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES. OUR VALUES ARE CHILD FOCUSED, CHRIST CENTERED, FAMILY ORIENTED AND EDUCATION MINDED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FREE WILL BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME IS CALLED TO PROVIDE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES.

  • ALTERNATIVE FAMILY PLACEMENT - OUR RESIDENTIAL CARE PROGRAM PROVIDES A LOVING, TRADITIONAL HOME ATMOSPHERE FOR YOUTH IN A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. CASE MANAGEMENT PROVIDES THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO WORK TOWARD GOALS BASED ON PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS. COTTAGE STAFF PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO HELP YOUTH BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING LIFE-CHANGING DECISIONS AND DEVELOP LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY AND PEERS.

    Expenses $312,314

  • FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION - OUR FOSTER CARE SERVICES RECRUIT AND TRAIN FOSTER FAMILIES TO CARE FOR YOUTH. THESE LICENSED HOMES PROVIDE A STABLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT TO HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES IN CRISIS AND WORK TOWARD REUNIFICATION. WHEN REUNIFICATION IS NOT POSSIBLE, OUR STAFF PROVIDES ADOPTION SUPPORT FOR FOSTER FAMILIES WHO DESIRE TO GIVE YOUTH A FOREVER HOME.

    Expenses $749,512

  • BRIDGE LEARNING CENTER - OUR BRIDGE LEARNING CENTER IS A PRE-K, BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM SERVING PRE-K - 5TH GRADE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. BRIDGE LEARNING CENTER WORKS TOGETHER AS A FAMILY (ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND PARENTS) TO PROVIDE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR EACH CHILD. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND TO NURTURE THE CHILDREN IN ALL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $404,794 · Revenue $194,504

  • THRIVE INDEPENDENT LIVING - OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM PROVIDES STABLE AND SECURE APARTMENTS ON CAMPUS FOR YOUTH 18 AND UP. STAFF WORK WITH YOUTH TO OBTAIN DRIVER'S LICENSES, DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS AND WORK TOWARD EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT GOALS. THESE GOALS ARE DESIGNED TO PREPARE YOUTH FOR INDEPENDENT ADULTHOOD AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

    Expenses $237,425

  • CHILDREN'S SERVICES - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A WARM, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WITH FULL-TIME COTTAGE PARENTS WHO TEACH OUR CHILDREN BEGINNING INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, SUCH AS ORGANIZATIONAL, MONEY AND TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SKILLS AND SELF ADVOCACY SKILLS. IT PROVIDES A HIGHLY-DISCIPLINED ENVIRONMENT AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT ENCOURAGES ADOLESCENTS TO CHANGE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES TO BE MORE CONSIDERATE, AND RESPECTFUL OF NORMS.

    Expenses $2,135,331

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JOHNNY SULLIVAN

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERRY ASKEW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA BUDDIN

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAMELA BRAXTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDY ROBERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC NARRON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE ALPHIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DUANE CASEY

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY FAIRCLOTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD SUTTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH WHITFIELD

    VICE-CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY LEE

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $194,945
    From this org
    $154,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,545
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $4,400
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,206
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,339
    Filer's total
    $194,945

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,215,477
    Expenses
    $5,094,894
    Contributions
    $3,954,468
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,933,858
    Expenses
    $4,780,364
    Contributions
    $3,913,246
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,960,482
    Expenses
    $4,285,386
    Contributions
    $5,029,249
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,607,581
    Expenses
    $3,919,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,140,197

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,909,907
    Expenses
    $3,664,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,629,244

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,853,738
    Expenses
    $3,411,895
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,356,674

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,656,879
    Expenses
    $3,153,493
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,574,354

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,874,688
    Expenses
    $2,828,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,768,056

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,880,471
    Expenses
    $2,709,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,243,438

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,594,141
    Expenses
    $2,557,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,680,253

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,981,302
    Expenses
    $2,559,789
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,511,555

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,865,692
    Expenses
    $2,421,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,016,044

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,353,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,898,031

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.