Scale Education and Research Foundation

Analysis

Scale Education and Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Claremont, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Scale Education and Research Foundation reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.9m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $3.2m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Scale Education and Research Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hill School of Fort Worth Inc ($3.2m), Virginia State University Real Estate Foundation ($3.2m) and Rise Education Schools Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $608k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $8,069, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 10 employees.