Maker Education Initiative

Analysis

Maker Education Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Sebastopol, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Maker Education Initiative reported income of $59k and spending of $20k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $59k (-97%), an average of -69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Maker Education Initiative sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Giving Adolescents New Goals Inc ($59k), Las Vaqueras ($59k) and Aviation Exploration Base Inc ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $65k against liabilities of $396, net assets of $65k.