Columbia Independent School Inc

Analysis

Columbia Independent School Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, Columbia Independent School Inc reported income of $15.8m and spending of $5.9m, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.7m to $15.8m (+235%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Columbia Independent School Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Murray State University Foundation ($15.7m), Avondale Meadows Academy Inc ($15.8m) and Bowie State University Foundation ($15.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.5m. At year end it held assets of $18.0m against liabilities of $6.5m, net assets of $11.6m. It reported 117 employees.