Legacy Traditional School-East Mesa

Analysis

Legacy Traditional School-East Mesa is a registered charity in United States, based in Chandler, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2017, 9 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, Legacy Traditional School-East Mesa reported income of $12.0m and spending of $11.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $5.4m to $12.0m (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Legacy Traditional School-East Mesa sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Committee for Education ($12.0m), Pave Academy Charter School ($12.0m) and Belle Creek Charter School ($11.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.9m. At year end it held assets of $21.7m against liabilities of $25.0m, net assets of -$3.3m. It reported 169 employees.