WARREN WILSON COLLEGE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B420

Classification

2000

Street

701 WARREN WILSON 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• CREATIVE WRITING STUDIES ORGANIZATION

  EIN 81-1306575

Mission and programs · 2023

• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: MOST PROGRAMS RENDERED ARE RELATED TO PROVIDING USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE WORK, AND SERVICE TO OTHERS BEYOND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. THE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLLMENT AT THE COLLEGE DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 728 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. A TOTAL OF 179 STUDENTS (BOTH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE) GRADUATED FROM THE COLLEGE DURING THE YEAR. A LOW-RESIDENCY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CREATIVE WRITING LEADING TO A MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IS ALSO OFFERED, AND AVERAGES AROUND 67 ENROLLEES. THE COLLEGE PREPARED STUDENTS REPRESENTING A BROADLY DIVERSE WORLD FOR SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND MEANINGFUL LIFELONG WORK AND STUDY BY OFFERING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY, OBTAIN AND EVALUATE INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY, AND COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, INTRODUCING THEM TO A VARIETY OF WAYS BY WHICH HUMANS ACQUIRE AND USE KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP A BREADTH OF UNDERSTANDING AND TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AMONG AREAS CONSIDERED CRITICAL TO A LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM, AND REQUIRING THAT THEY DEMONSTRATE A DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING THROUGH COMPETENCE IN ONE OR MORE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IS THE MAJOR WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS, IN KEEPING WITH ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVE, THAT OF PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH EDUCATION, CAMPUS OPERATIONS POLICY, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE COLLEGE ALSO FURNISHES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE A VARIETY OF CULTURES, ASSISTING THEM IN DEVELOPING AWARENESS OF THE COMMONALITY OF HUMAN PROBLEMS AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORLD. THE COLLEGE SPONSORED FOUR STUDY AWAY COURSES LED BY THE COLLEGE'S FACULTY AND STAFF IN 2023-2024. THESE COURSES TRAVELED TO BELIZE, IRELAND, GREECE, AND COLORADO. IN ADDITION, WE SENT 17 STUDENTS ON OUR SEMESTER-LONG STUDY ABROAD EXCHANGE PROGRAMS TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WARREN WILSON COLLEGE'S EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MODEL LEADS STUDENTS INTO CONSIDERED REFLECTION ON THE MEANING AND VALUE OF WORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, GUIDING STUDENTS IN EXAMINING THEIR LIVES AND ARTICULATING THEIR BELIEFS AND VALUES, AND PROVIDES THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL, PHYSICAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. TOWARDS THESE ENDS, THE COLLEGE ORGANIZED DIVERSE WORK CREWS IN THE COLLEGE WORK PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR, WITH APPROXIMATELY 675 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND 598 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SPRING OF 2024. THE ANNUAL COLLEGE-WIDE WORK DAY HELD IN APRIL OF 2024 YIELDED PARTICIPATION FROM OVER 393 STUDENTS AND OVER 70 FACULTY/STAFF. THE COLLEGE ALSO PRIORITIZES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF ITS MISSION, WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BEING MADE TO SCHOOLS AND NONPROFITS IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA AND AROUND THE WORLD. FROM 2023-2024, 511 STUDENTS COMPLETED 31,200 VOLUNTEER HOURS AT OVER 80 LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES DURING THE YEAR. FOR THE COLLEGE'S ANNUAL SERVICE DAY IN AUGUST 2023, OVER 300 STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF PARTICIPATED AT 20 SITES CONTRIBUTING OVER 1,500 HOURS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $43,369,633 · Grants $19,646,877 · Revenue $37,588,114

• PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAM: THE SWANNANOA GATHERING IS A SERIES OF WEEKLY SUMMER MUSIC WORKSHOPS HELD ON THE WARREN WILSON COLLEGE CAMPUS EACH JUNE AND JULY. THE ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED, WITH AN OPEN FORMAT, WHICH ALLOWS EACH STUDENT TO SELECT THEIR OWN CURRICULUM FROM A VARIETY OF COURSES WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE LEVELS AND ABILITIES. HOUSING AND MEALS FOR PARTICIPANTS IS AN OPTION. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION HAS ALLOWED 3 HOURS OF TEACHING CERTIFICATE RENEWAL CREDITS, WITH PRIOR APPROVAL, FOR EACH WEEK OF THE SERIES. TOTAL STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 WERE 1,058, RANGING BETWEEN 123 AND 286 PARTICPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FIVE WEEKS.

  Expenses $1,162,683 · Revenue $827,353

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $52,164,694

  Expenses

  $50,458,116

  Contributions

  $8,030,830

  Grants paid

  $19,646,877

• 2022

  Revenue

  $44,477,604

  Expenses

  $49,734,481

  Contributions

  $5,809,477

  Grants paid

  $17,562,350

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

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $50,895,814

  Expenses

  $47,256,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,662,699

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $40,910,763

  Expenses

  $41,457,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $113,155,084

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $40,567,848

  Expenses

  $42,328,622

  Assets (EOY)

  $103,027,241

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $38,593,260

  Expenses

  $40,516,684

  Assets (EOY)

  $102,390,809

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,537,966

  Expenses

  $36,795,653

  Assets (EOY)

  $103,083,557

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $38,328,415

  Expenses

  $40,235,464

  Assets (EOY)

  $103,272,386

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

• FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS

  $10,210,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE GIFT

• LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC

  $235,000

  2023 · For general scholarship support.

• LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC

  $235,000

  2024 · For general scholarship support.

• LETTIE PATE WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION INC

  $220,000

  2022 · For general scholarship support.

• FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS

  $125,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE GIFT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $112,450

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• STERLING COLLEGE

  $110,000

  2023 · GRANT SUBAWARD

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2024 · TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT

• FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS

  $100,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE GIFT

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $83,300

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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