Vista School

Analysis

Vista School is a registered charity in United States, based in Hershey, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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, Vista School reported income of $9.0m and spending of $9.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $7.5m to $9.0m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Vista School sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roseville Community Charter School ($9.0m), Prospect Schools Inc ($9.0m) and Washington Montessori Association Inc ($9.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.9% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $21.8m against liabilities of $17.5m, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 99 employees.