Compass Montessori Secondary School

Analysis

Compass Montessori Secondary School is a registered charity in United States, based in Golden, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2009, 17 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, Compass Montessori Secondary School reported income of $6.2m and spending of $5.3m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $9.0m to $6.2m (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Compass Montessori Secondary School sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Next Generation Academy Inc ($6.2m), Public Interest Fellowship Foundation ($6.2m) and Steele Creek Charter Education Foundation ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.6% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.7m. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $7.3m, net assets of $916k.