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SOAR INC

EIN 58-1505954 BALSAM, NC

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Revenue 2024
$5,523,005
Expenses 2024
$5,516,107

Program services were 81.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60Z
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 388

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

SOAR is a seasonal accredited educational academy, GAP year program, and outdoor adventure camp dedicated to a two-fold purpose: TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION, INTERPERSONAL LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE BASED PROGRAMMING TO YOUTH DEALING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND/OR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ACADEMY AT SOAR. TO PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION, INTERPERSONAL LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE BASED PROGRAMMING TO YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND FAMILIES DEALING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND/OR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS THROUGH SOAR'S OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CAMP PROGRAMS, GAP YEAR PROGRAM, AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES. SOAR EMBRACES A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE THAT IS EVIDENT IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF ITS STAFF MEMBERS. SOAR IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) CORPORATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Adventure program and school for LD and ADHD youth.

  • Participants in SOAR's summer camps, academy and gap year programs take part in adventure experiences designed to develop problem solving skills, effective communication strategies, general social skills and to increase self-awareness by achieving success in various outdoor activities. Each student builds essential self-esteem and self-confidence that translates into all walks of life. SOAR's success based programs focus on the gifts and abilities of each youth-strengths that will launch them into a life filled with opportunity and success. As an accredited boarding school, our academy at SOAR has granted students high school diplomas as they have successfully completed required coursework.

    Expenses $4,505,538 · Grants $162,187 · Revenue $5,077,223

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • John Willson

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $157,740
    From this org
    $154,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,372
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,368
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $3,372 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $154,368 + $3,372 related

  • Joseph Geier

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $91,143
    From this org
    $91,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63
    Hours/week
    0 + 45 related

  • Jonathan D Jones

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $76,487
    From this org
    $76,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63
    Hours/week
    50

  • Jonathan A Jones

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $56,040
    From this org
    $55,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $540
    Hours/week
    4

  • Logan Walters

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Sparacino

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catey McClary

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Danny Benjamin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vernard Corky Glenn Cootes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Drawdy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Korey Ramsey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drex Rogers III

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Joan Teach

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $5,523,005
    Expenses
    $5,516,107
    Contributions
    $270,109
    Grants paid
    $162,187
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,763,822
    Expenses
    $5,651,933
    Contributions
    $214,267
    Grants paid
    $163,307
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,763,822
    Expenses
    $5,651,933
    Contributions
    $214,267
    Grants paid
    $163,307
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,308,060
    Expenses
    $5,121,513
    Contributions
    $889,353
    Grants paid
    $88,480

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
    $4,143,448
    Expenses
    $4,526,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,313,397

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,396,638
    Expenses
    $3,049,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,260,219

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,550,686
    Expenses
    $4,908,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,307,918

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,499,243
    Expenses
    $4,316,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,730,128

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,165,721
    Expenses
    $4,155,770
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,581,555

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,523,717
    Expenses
    $3,884,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,820,066

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,147,983
    Expenses
    $3,551,789
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,134,897

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.

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.

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