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WILKES LITERACY INC

EIN 56-1675992 N WILKESBORO, NC

Revenue 2024
$77,088
Expenses 2024
$64,421

Program services were 55.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 615

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

Primary exempt purpose

TO TEACH, THROUGH TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, READING AND WRITING TO THOSE IN NEED WHILE RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE LITERACY NEEDS OF WILKES COUNTY RESIDENTS.

  • CHILDREN'S LITERACY: SUMMER EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS (SEEK) PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THIS PROGRAM SERVIES CHILDREN IN GRADES K-12 IN WILKES COUNTY.

    Expenses $12,919

  • HEALTH LITERACY: PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE RESOURCES FOR ALL ADULTS TO POSITIVELY AFFECT HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES IN THE COMMUNITY. WILKES LITERACY HELPS ADULTS WORK TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH AND ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $2,457

  • ADULT LITERACY: INDIVIDUALIZED ONE-TO-ONE TUTORING FOR ADULTS WHO WISH TO LEARN TO READ OR IMPROVE EXISTING READING AND WRITING SKILLS. THE AGENCY PROVIDES RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE TO CAREGIVERS WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HELP WITH READING.

    Expenses $20,463

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.

  • Thomas McMahan

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Meleah Greer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Judy Gorich

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alicia Horton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Betsy Welborn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greta Ferguson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Walsh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jean Hefner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,350
    Compensation
    $29,350
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    23
  • Katie Smithey

    ACCOUNTANT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zusann Jarrin

    ESL COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Joe Love

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anna Pyke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $77,088
    Expenses
    $64,421
    Contributions
    $70,878
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $79,323
    Expenses
    $72,227
    Contributions
    $76,833
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $67,054
    Expenses
    $54,223
    Contributions
    $62,004
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $65,945
    Expenses
    $47,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,676
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $51,776
    Expenses
    $31,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,704
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $31,034
    Expenses
    $29,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,229
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $33,541
    Expenses
    $37,507
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,073
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $29,425
    Expenses
    $38,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,632
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $35,639
    Expenses
    $40,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,190
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $35,320
    Expenses
    $39,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,763
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $37,808
    Expenses
    $39,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,361
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $36,923
    Expenses
    $36,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,492
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $34,194
    Expenses
    $28,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,337

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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.