Public Charity

Wilmington School of the Arts

Based in Wilmington, NC, Wilmington School of the Arts operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $3.7M in revenue, $3.4M in expenses, $978K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 4 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $104K.

EIN: 822712458 Wilmington, NC Charter Schools NTEE: B29 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$3.4M
Total Assets$978K
Grant Records4
Funding Total$104K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Wilmington School of the Arts is a tuition-free, public charter school located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Its mission is to inspire students to pursue excellence in academics and the arts by awakening and nuturing the creative spirit within each and every child.

Where $100 goes at Wilmington School of the Arts

How Wilmington School of the Arts divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $89 for programs

$89
The School opened as a tuition-free, public charter in Fall 2020 and has grown each year with a current enrollment of 340 in grades K-7 at the beginning…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
Charitable Support
$9,510
2025
Charitable Support
$7,320
2022
Wilmington School of the Arts is a tuition-free, public charter school which offers a project based, fully arts integrated curriculum. This grant will support the purchase a new bus with AC so that their students can have a cooler and safer ride to and from school on the longer routes.
$80,000
2021
UNRESTRICTED
$7,169

Showing up to 5 of 4 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Executive Dir. Al O'briant
Chair Dustin Richardson
Director Gene Felice Ii
Director Holly Royals
Treasurer Katie Fox
Director Lauren Wetzell

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$80,000 1 grant
General Support
$23,999 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $3.4M $978K
2024 $2.8M $2.6M $536K
2023 $2.5M $2.4M $406K
2022 $2.4M $2.1M $311K
2021 $1.5M $1.5M $62K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.5M to $3.7M (+144%), with total assets most recently reported at $978K.

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