The Biome Education Group

Analysis

The Biome Education Group is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, The Biome Education Group reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.9m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $725k to $1.7m (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Biome Education Group sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dodge City Community College Foundation ($1.7m), Arcadia All Florida Championship Rodeo Inc ($1.7m) and Thedove Media Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $429k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $280k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 25 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.