Edgerton Education Foundation

Analysis

Edgerton Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Edgerton Education Foundation reported income of $613k and spending of $692k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $471k to $613k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Edgerton Education Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks ($613k), Symphonic Jazz Orchestra ($613k) and Husky Research Corporation Inc ($613k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 40% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $319k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 33 employees.