Great Commission High School

Analysis

Great Commission High School is a registered charity in United States, based in Altoona, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2002, 24 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 2024, Great Commission High School reported income of $2.6m and spending of $970k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $756k to $2.6m (+238%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 522%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Great Commission High School 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 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Nativity School ($2.6m), Laurens Academy Inc ($2.6m) and Amazing Discoveries ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $512k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $5.0m. It reported 48 employees.