A Step Ahead in Pierce Co

Analysis

A Step Ahead in Pierce Co is a registered charity in United States, based in Puyallup, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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 June 2023, A Step Ahead in Pierce Co reported income of $4.1m and spending of $4.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $3.2m to $4.1m (+28%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, A Step Ahead in Pierce Co sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gakko Hoojin Hokkaido International School ($4.1m), Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting ($4.1m) and F W & Elsie L Heyl Science Scholarship Fund TR ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $109k (2.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $284k, net assets of $946k. It reported 59 employees.