Orion Schools

Analysis

Orion Schools is a registered charity in United States, based in Ontario, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2015, 11 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 2024, Orion Schools reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $444k to $1.4m (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 115%. 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, Orion Schools sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage Academy Inc ($1.4m), Alternative Schools Foundation Inc ($1.4m) and Hero Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $29k against liabilities of $968k, net assets of -$939k.