Southwest Leadership Academy

Analysis

Southwest Leadership Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Southwest Leadership Academy reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $3.1m (+2.7%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Southwest Leadership Academy 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 89th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tee It Up for the Troops Inc ($3.1m), Building 21 ($3.1m) and Meridian Academy Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $177k, net assets of $1.2m.