The Stead School

Analysis

The Stead School is a registered charity in United States, based in Commerce City, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2020, 6 years ago. 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 2024, The Stead School reported income of $5.3m and spending of $4.4m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income grew from $255k to $5.3m (+1973%), an average of +175% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 820%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Stead School sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community Young Mens Christian Association of Greenfield Mass ($5.3m), Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School ($5.3m) and New York Public Interest Research Group Fund Inc ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $482k, net assets of $1.1m.