Kazoo School

Analysis

Kazoo School is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1975, 51 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 July 2024, Kazoo School reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income grew from $1.0m to $1.6m (+56%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kazoo School sits at the 80th 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 84th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Library of Dewitt & Jamesville ($1.6m), Auxiliary Service Corp of the Agricultural & Tech Coll at FRMGDL ($1.6m) and Hawkeye Community College Foundation ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.5% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $525k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 29 employees.