Bear Creek Community Charter School

Analysis

Bear Creek Community Charter School is a registered charity in United States, based in Bear CRK TWP, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 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, Bear Creek Community Charter School reported income of $9.5m and spending of $8.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $7.4m to $9.5m (+28%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bear Creek Community Charter School 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 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John N Gardner Institute Forexcellence in Undergraduate Educati ($9.5m), Spartanburg Academic Movement ($9.5m) and Great Oaks Charter School ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $668k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.4m. At year end it held assets of $14.4m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $13.2m. It reported 105 employees.