Acton Academy

Analysis

Acton Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 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 December 2023, Acton Academy reported income of $1.7m and spending of $726k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $9.6m to $1.7m (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acton Academy sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vista Learning NFP ($1.7m), Health Connected ($1.7m) and Desert Star Community School ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $8.1m against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $8.1m. It reported 2 employees.