Ross Valley Charter School

Analysis

Ross Valley Charter School is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfax, 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 2023, Ross Valley Charter School reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.4m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ross Valley Charter School sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Montclair Cooperative School Inc ($3.4m), Ron Brown Scholar Fund ($3.4m) and Nustian ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $294k (8.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $497k. It reported 56 employees.