Collegiate Directions Incorporated

Analysis

Collegiate Directions Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethesda, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 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 December 2023, Collegiate Directions Incorporated reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.6m (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Collegiate Directions Incorporated sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prism North America ($1.6m), Faith Christian School ($1.6m) and Greg Mathis Charter High School ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $258k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $733k. It paid $90k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $327k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 17 employees.