Tilden School

Analysis

Tilden School is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1995, 31 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 July 2024, Tilden School reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income grew from $1.0m to $1.1m (+9.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Tilden School sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nkwusm ($1.1m), Roc Charlotte Inc ($1.1m) and Discovery Preparatory School Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.5% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $872k. It paid $7,000 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $284k against liabilities of $116k, net assets of $167k. It reported 30 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.