Citizens Committee for Education

Analysis

Citizens Committee for Education is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 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, Citizens Committee for Education reported income of $12.0m and spending of $10.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $5.5m to $12.0m (+119%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Citizens Committee for Education sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belle Creek Charter School ($11.9m), Legacy Traditional School-East Mesa ($12.0m) and Perseus House Charter School of Excellence ($11.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (1.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.9m. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $6.7m. It reported 150 employees.