Students Shoulder to Shoulder

Analysis

Students Shoulder to Shoulder is a registered charity in United States, based in Edwards, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Students Shoulder to Shoulder reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $985k to $1.3m (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Students Shoulder to Shoulder sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nebraska Cultural Endowment ($1.3m), Schostak Family Support Foundation ($1.3m) and I Live Here I Give Here ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $157k. At year end it held assets of $446k against liabilities of $301k, net assets of $145k. It reported 3 employees.