Ames Christian School

Analysis

Ames Christian School is a registered charity in United States, based in Ames, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 June 2023, Ames Christian School reported income of $701k and spending of $636k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $430k to $701k (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 32%. 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, Ames Christian School sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St John Chrysostom Academy ($701k), My Hero Project Inc ($701k) and Flagstaff Cooperative Preschool Inc ($701k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $418k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $216k, net assets of $916k.