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Boyd - Buchanan School

RegisteredEIN 62-0518286Chattanooga, TNEducation and training
Income$17.0m2023-06
Spending$14.1msame year
Spent / received89%4-year average
Size in its cause96th pctEducation and training
Exempt since1957School
Employees277latest return

Analysis

Boyd - Buchanan School is a registered charity in United States, based in Chattanooga, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1957, 69 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, Boyd - Buchanan School reported income of $17.0m and spending of $14.1m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $11.7m to $17.0m (+45%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boyd - Buchanan School sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford Preparatory School ($17.0m), Coram Deo Academy Inc ($17.0m) and Dedham Country Day School ($17.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 78% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $153k (1.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.1m. At year end it held assets of $20.7m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $17.6m. It reported 277 employees.

Income and spending

$0$4.3m$8.5m$12.8m$17.0m2020 Income: $11,719,9202020 Spending: $11,052,92520202021 Income: $13,413,8162021 Spending: $12,336,14120212022 Income: $14,405,8872022 Spending: $12,866,78020222023 Income: $17,026,6522023 Spending: $14,101,0322023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 21%
  • Program services 78%
  • Other 1.3%

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Columbia Academy SchoolColumbia$17.0m