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North Carolina Outward Bound School

Asheville, North Carolina · EIN 56-0857708 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1966

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 71.1 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Graded against 7,829 environment nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.38.3 months40
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.56
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.30% from one source87
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.16not scored

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Year by year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Mar 2025Form 990$7.50M$8.24M−$736K$26.27M38.3162B
Dec 2024Form 990$7.50M$8.24M−$736K$26.27M38.3162C
Mar 2024Form 990$8.44M$8.24M$200K$26.75M39.0172C
Mar 2023Form 990$5.81M$7.02M−$1.21M$24.61M42.1180C
Mar 2022Form 990$8.82M$6.24M$2.58M$28.06M53.9141C
Mar 2021Form 990$4.37M$4.27M$104K$25.30M71.2199C
Mar 2020Form 990$11.15M$10.33M$816K$20.10M23.3262B
Mar 2019Form 990$9.10M$9.78M−$684K$21.33M26.2301B
Mar 2018Form 990$10.59M$9.93M$660K$21.98M26.6280A
Mar 2017Form 990$9.19M$8.56M$628K$20.51M28.7270B
Mar 2016Form 990$10.24M$8.57M$1.67M$18.74M26.2299B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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