Council for Exceptional Children

Analysis

Council for Exceptional Children is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1988, 38 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Council for Exceptional Children reported income of $6.8m and spending of $6.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.8m to $6.8m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Council for Exceptional Children sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve ($6.8m), Texas Trees Foundation ($6.8m) and The Graduate Center Foundation Inc ($6.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.2% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $482k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $4.1m, net assets of $669k. It reported 30 employees.