Carolina School for Inquiry

Analysis

Carolina School for Inquiry is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Carolina School for Inquiry reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.9m (-1.3%), an average of -0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Carolina School for Inquiry sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rogers State University Foundation ($1.9m), Petawa Residence and Cultural Center Inc ($1.9m) and Alaska Literacy Program Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of -$648k. It reported 28 employees.