Mountain Sun Community School

Analysis

Mountain Sun Community School is a registered charity in United States, based in Brevard, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2010, 16 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, Mountain Sun Community School reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $627k to $1.1m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mountain Sun Community School sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gertrude Walden Child Care Center Inc ($1.1m), Lynchburg Beacon of Hope ($1.1m) and Nest M Parent Teachers Association Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.0% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $47k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $633k. At year end it held assets of $620k against liabilities of $117k, net assets of $504k. It reported 38 employees.