Potters School

Analysis

Potters School is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Potters School reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $3.5m (+2.6%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Potters School sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Transparency ($3.5m), Child Care Resources Inc ($3.5m) and Bucks County Montessori Charter ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.5% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $159k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $4,786, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 123 employees.