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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$721krevenue
FY2025 · +19% in 3 yrs11staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin8.7%
Months of reserve3.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+8.2%
Middle half of peersMedianChicago Free School
Where the money goes FY2025 · $658k spent
Programs$525k80%Management and general$133k20%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$18k in FY2023 and −$17k in FY2024. Cash covers 3.8 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 8% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort4funders
$137a year, last 3 years
100%from its largest funder
Funder’20’21’22’23Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$89$153$145$112
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund