Columbia Learning Center

Analysis

Columbia Learning Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Helens, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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, Columbia Learning Center reported income of $538k and spending of $121k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $364k to $538k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1470%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Columbia Learning Center sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Readiness to Learn ($538k), Crea Foundation Inc ($538k) and Thrive Educational Services ($538k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m.