Academy of the Winds

Analysis

Academy of the Winds is a registered charity in United States, based in Lander, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 December 2023, Academy of the Winds reported income of $374k and spending of $390k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $549k to $374k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Academy of the Winds sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kinderhaus ($374k), Friends of New Technology High School ($374k) and Prairie Bible Institute U S Inc ($374k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $53k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $157k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $89k, net assets of $917k. It reported 10 employees.