Leadership Public Schools Inc

Analysis

Leadership Public Schools Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. 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, Leadership Public Schools Inc reported income of $28.7m and spending of $23.5m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $23.2m to $28.7m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 25%. 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, Leadership Public Schools Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advanced Education Research & Development Fund ($28.7m), Houston Gateway Academy Inc ($28.8m) and New York Institute for Special Education ($28.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $372k (1.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $11.0m. At year end it held assets of $83.1m against liabilities of $60.0m, net assets of $23.1m. It reported 266 employees.