College for Certain Inc

Analysis

College for Certain Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, College for Certain Inc reported income of $15.0m and spending of $12.6m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $6.9m to $15.0m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, College for Certain Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Day School ($15.0m), American Association of Colleges and Universities ($15.1m) and Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc ($15.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $240.3m against liabilities of $224.3m, net assets of $16.0m.