Missouri Courage Scholarship

Analysis

Missouri Courage Scholarship is a registered charity in United States, based in Wildwood, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2017, 9 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, Missouri Courage Scholarship reported income of $58k and spending of $40k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $22k to $58k (+163%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Missouri Courage Scholarship sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Marys East Bay Scholarship Fund Inc David R Kelly Cpa ($58k), Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School Robotics Boosters ($58k) and Drake Dekeyrel Do It for Drake Memorial Foundation ($58k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $116k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $116k.