Golestan Center for Language Immersion and Cultural Education

Analysis

Golestan Center for Language Immersion and Cultural Education is a registered charity in United States, based in El Cerrito, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 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 2023, Golestan Center for Language Immersion and Cultural Education reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.6m (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Golestan Center for Language Immersion and Cultural Education sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partnership for Regionaleducational Preparation-Kansas City ($2.6m), Native American Coalition of Tulsa Inc ($2.6m) and Sage School Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.2% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $149k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.9m.