Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Forest School
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 nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$3.5Mrevenue
FY2024 · +248% in 3 yrs22staff
6 of 7years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin38.3%
Months of reserve5.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+47.0%
Middle half of peersMedianForest School
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.2M spent
Programs$2.1M97%Fundraising$60k3%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 15% of revenue stopped after FY2021
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc gave $150k in FY2021, 15% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 99% in FY2024
$2.1M in FY2023, $21k in FY2024.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 47% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort10funders
$1.1Ma year, last 3 years
88%from its largest funder
Funder’20’21’22’23The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation IncOn and off$150kThe Thomas G Woolford Charitable TrOn and off$50kWalton Family Foundation IncOn and off$20kTrilith Foundation IncNew in FY2023$20kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$37$1.3M$1.3M$285k1 other fundersUp to $95k a year each$95k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund