Eastside Christian School Foundation

Analysis

Eastside Christian School Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Eastside Christian School Foundation reported income of $93k and spending of $130k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2020 to August 2024, income grew from $84k to $93k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Eastside Christian School Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mason-Rice Elementary School PTO ($93k), Munroe-Meyer Guild Inc ($93k) and East Helena PTO ($93k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. At year end it held assets of $383k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $383k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.