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Screen a listBIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS listing
- Listed
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.3Mrevenue
FY2025 · +17% in 3 yrs26staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−6.1%
Months of reserve2.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+11.7%
Middle half of peersMedianBIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.4M spent
Programs$952k69%Management and general$411k30%Fundraising$22k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Government grants fell 86% in FY2022
$147k in FY2021, $21k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$82k in FY2024 and −$80k in FY2025. Cash covers 2.2 months, under the peer median of 3.9.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 12% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort20funders
$107ka year, last 3 years
31%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Lapointe Family Private FoundationStopped after FY2018$49k$35k–The Stephen a and Diana L Goldberg Foundation IncOn and off$30kHelgeson Family FoundationOn and off$28kWood Family Foundation Trust WilliamSince FY2022$5k$3kThe Eganwood Family Foundation IncOn and off$1k$1k$6kNorwood Foundation IncNew in FY2023$5kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$34k$16k$19k$48k$99k$94k$70k5 other fundersUp to $3k a year each$1k$200$3k$1k$6k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped