Pittsburgh Urban Christian School

Analysis

Pittsburgh Urban Christian School is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1983, 43 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 May 2023, Pittsburgh Urban Christian School reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.7m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.5m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pittsburgh Urban Christian School sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Classical Christian Academy ($1.5m), St John Central Academy ($1.5m) and Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $116k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 36 employees.