East Side Christian School Association

Analysis

East Side Christian School Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1997, 29 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, East Side Christian School Association reported income of $636k and spending of $630k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2020 to August 2024, income grew from $467k to $636k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, East Side Christian School Association sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Everett Public Schools Foundation ($636k), Pioneer School ($636k) and Collierville High School Band Boosters Inc ($636k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $428k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $196k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 16 employees.