Decatur Public Schools Foundation

Analysis

Decatur Public Schools Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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 June 2024, Decatur Public Schools Foundation reported income of $880k and spending of $1.3m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $761k to $880k (+16%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 271%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Decatur Public Schools Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clearwater School ($880k), Pi Beta Phi Foundation for Scholarships ($880k) and Mentor Vermont Inc ($880k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $2.5m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.