Cowden Street Collaborative

Analysis

Cowden Street Collaborative is a registered charity in United States, based in Central Falls, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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, Cowden Street Collaborative reported income of $7.2m and spending of $6.2m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $4.3m to $7.2m (+65%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cowden Street Collaborative sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lynden Christian School Endowment Fund ($7.2m), Baltimore Lab School Inc ($7.2m) and Little Priest Tribal College ($7.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $319k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.2m. It paid $59k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $492k, net assets of $6.3m. It reported 81 employees.