Garden School

Analysis

Garden School is a registered charity in United States, based in New Castle, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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 July 2023, Garden School reported income of $888k and spending of $817k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $544k to $888k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Garden School sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rethinking Schools Limited ($888k), Institute for Ecological Civilization ($889k) and Kingdom College ($888k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $346k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 42 employees.