Margin of Excellence

Analysis

Margin of Excellence is a registered charity in United States, based in Nicholasville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Margin of Excellence reported income of $237k and spending of $205k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $131k to $237k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Margin of Excellence sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include D K E Alumni Foundation Inc ($237k), Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation ($237k) and Islamic Society of Tracy ($237k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $276k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $276k.