Windswept Academy

Analysis

Windswept Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Eagle Butte, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Windswept Academy reported income of $357k and spending of $566k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $385k to $357k (-7.2%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Windswept Academy sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of San Pasqual Academy Inc ($357k), Maine Center Ventures ($357k) and National Policy Board for Educational Administration Inc ($357k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $350k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $5,307, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 26 employees.