WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

140 LITTLE SAVANNAH 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

• 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 $1,363,929 · Revenue $1,299,296

• 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 $184,847 · Revenue $272,304

• BRIDGE TO WORK WESTBRIDGE VOCATIONAL'S BRIDGE TO WORK SUMMER PROGRAM IS AN INTENSIVE, SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT TRAINING INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT BUILD REAL WORLD SKILLS AND TRANSITION INTO COMPETITIVE WORK. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN STRUCTURED, HANDS ON WORK EXPERIENCES EITHER WITHIN WESTBRIDGE'S MANUFACTURING FACILITY OR AT COMMUNITY EMPLOYER SITES, WHERE THEY LEARN PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY STANDARDS, WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION, AND APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. ALONGSIDE THESE PLACEMENTS, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED EMPLOYMENT READINESS INSTRUCTION, COVERING JOB SEEKING SKILLS, SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND SELF ADVOCACY. THE PROGRAM'S PRIMARY GOAL IS TO HELP EACH PARTICIPANT PROGRESS TOWARD COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. BY PAIRING MEANINGFUL WORK EXPERIENCE WITH PERSONALIZED GUIDANCE, THE BRIDGE TO WORK SUMMER PROGRAM HELPS PARTICIPANTS BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN TRAINING AND LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS.

  Expenses $30,854 · Revenue $24,770

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.

• LISA SIZEMORE

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ABIGAIL CLAYTON

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• WILLIAM BROTHERS

  SECRET / TRE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• PATRICIA BRYSON-WINK

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JACOB BUCHANAN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SUE EVANS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JANET ROBERTS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• WES STONE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHRIS SLAUGHTER

  BRD MBER THR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOHN J RIGDON

  CEO

  Total calculated

  $98,428

  From this org

  $85,383

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $13,045

  Hours/week

  40

• MICHAEL E BOWLER

  FINANCE DIRE

  Total calculated

  $44,667

  From this org

  $44,667

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  21

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

  $2,495,294

  Expenses

  $2,079,773

  Contributions

  $912,552

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,967,457

  Expenses

  $2,012,921

  Contributions

  $641,348

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,000,273

  Expenses

  $1,931,329

  Contributions

  $458,183

  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

  $1,680,910

  Expenses

  $1,813,053

  Assets (EOY)

  $829,408

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,921,440

  Expenses

  $1,856,473

  Assets (EOY)

  $907,616

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,234,587

  Expenses

  $2,241,881

  Assets (EOY)

  $894,385

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,253,671

  Expenses

  $2,283,443

  Assets (EOY)

  $932,328

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,331,926

  Expenses

  $2,346,437

  Assets (EOY)

  $956,001

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,286,063

  Expenses

  $2,348,011

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,015,458

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,286,063

  Expenses

  $2,348,011

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,015,458

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,913,221

  Expenses

  $1,922,850

  Assets (EOY)

  $947,051

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,676,993

  Expenses

  $1,801,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $921,380

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,813,779

  Assets (EOY)

  $920,447

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

• MARKETING ASSOCIATION FOR REHABILITATION CENTERS INC

  $48,000

  2023 · WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN

• MARKETING ASSOCIATION FOR REHABILITATION CENTERS INC

  $32,000

  2022 · WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $23,900

  2022 · BUILDING COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC VITALITY

• MANNA FOOD BANK

  — no cash amount reported

  2022 · FOOD DISTRIBUTION

• MANNA FOOD BANK

  — no cash amount reported

  2023

• MANNA FOOD BANK

  — no cash amount reported

  2024

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