DSST Public Schools Foundation

Analysis

DSST Public Schools Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, DSST Public Schools Foundation reported income of $4.3m and spending of $8.4m, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $6.4m to $4.3m (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 257%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, DSST Public Schools Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slippery Rock University Foundation Inc ($4.3m), Elmwood Academy ($4.3m) and Carlisle School ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $44.1m against liabilities of $31.5m, net assets of $12.6m.