Pop Culture Classroom

Analysis

Pop Culture Classroom is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Pop Culture Classroom reported income of $627k and spending of $681k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.5m to $627k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pop Culture Classroom sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roots Farm Educational Foundation ($627k), Cyber-Seniors ($627k) and Gloucester Institute Inc ($627k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $312k. At year end it held assets of $434k against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $346k. It reported 16 employees.