Salem Baptist Christian School

Analysis

Salem Baptist Christian School is a registered charity in United States, based in Winston Salem, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Salem Baptist Christian School reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $3.0m to $3.8m (+26%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Salem Baptist Christian School sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redding Christian School ($3.8m), Georgia College & State University Foundation Inc ($3.8m) and The Paris Review Foundation Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.9% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $508k, net assets of $664k. It reported 126 employees.