Community School for Creative Education

Analysis

Community School for Creative Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2013, 13 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, Community School for Creative Education reported income of $5.3m and spending of $5.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $5.3m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Community School for Creative Education sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canyon Rim Academy ($5.3m), Foundation for Tulsa Schools ($5.3m) and Florida Education Fund Inc ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $398k (8.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 39 employees.