Mission Kids

Analysis

Mission Kids is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. 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 August 2023, Mission Kids reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.0m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.4m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mission Kids sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Go for Great Schools Inc ($2.4m), Greenwich Library ($2.4m) and Radcliffe Creek School Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 75% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $278k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $8.9m against liabilities of $6.6m, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 25 employees.