Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School

Analysis

Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School reported income of $8.5m and spending of $9.0m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.0m to $8.5m (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pueblo Nuevo Education and Development Group ($8.5m), Robert G Carr & Nona K Carr Scholarship Foundation ($8.5m) and Learningspring School ($8.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.5% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $265k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.9m. At year end it held assets of $20.8m against liabilities of $20.5m, net assets of $307k. It reported 103 employees.