Forest School

Analysis

Forest School is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrenceville, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 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, Forest School reported income of $3.9m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $180k to $3.9m (+2059%), an average of +116% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 415%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Forest School sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Key Educational Group ($3.9m), Atlanta Smart Academy Inc ($3.9m) and Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $978k. At year end it held assets of $8.2m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of $5.2m. It reported 22 employees.