Ottawa Opportunity School

Analysis

Ottawa Opportunity School is a registered charity in United States, based in Ottawa, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1974, 52 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 August 2024, Ottawa Opportunity School reported income of $216k and spending of $215k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income grew from $165k to $216k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ottawa Opportunity School sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Appenzeller University ($216k), Novi High School Band Boosters ($216k) and Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook Inc ($216k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $169k. At year end it held assets of $127k against liabilities of $67k, net assets of $59k. It reported 16 employees.