Buttons & Bows Preschool Development Center Inc

Analysis

Buttons & Bows Preschool Development Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in St Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1981, 45 years ago. 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 December 2023, Buttons & Bows Preschool Development Center Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $997k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.5m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Buttons & Bows Preschool Development Center Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Taylor County Senior Citizens Inc ($1.5m), Bowman County Job Development Inc ($1.5m) and Our Way Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $186k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $337k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $142k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 17 employees.