Alliance for Education

Analysis

Alliance for Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Alliance for Education reported income of $5.0m and spending of $5.3m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.8m to $5.0m (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Alliance for Education sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Carolina Afterschool Alliance ($5.0m), Piedmont Classical High School ($5.0m) and Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $456k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $17.5m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $14.5m. It reported 19 employees.