Wounded Knee District School

Analysis

Wounded Knee District School is a registered charity in United States, based in Manderson, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1984, 42 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, Wounded Knee District School reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.1m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $5.0m (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wounded Knee District School sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robert College Foundation ($5.0m), Robonation Inc ($5.0m) and American Nurses Foundation Inc ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $287k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $452k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 66 employees.