Forest School Foundation

Analysis

Forest School Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Forest School Foundation reported income of $185k and spending of $170k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $185k (+133%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. 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, Forest School Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laker Booster Club Inc ($185k), Exhibit Envoy Inc ($185k) and Strides Horse Park Tems Inc ($185k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.9% and program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $66k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $66k.