Fiddlehead School

Analysis

Fiddlehead School is a registered charity in United States, based in Gray, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Fiddlehead School reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.7m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.5m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 24%. 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, Fiddlehead School sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends Meeting School Inc ($2.5m), Buffalo Go Green Inc ($2.5m) and Fotc - SF Bay Area ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.7% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $103k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $497k. It reported 66 employees.