Waldorf School of Bend

Analysis

Waldorf School of Bend is a registered charity in United States, based in Bend, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1998, 28 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 June 2024, Waldorf School of Bend reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.4m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.2m to $1.2m (+7.6%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Waldorf School of Bend sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faustina Academy ($1.2m), Flushing Christian Day School ($1.2m) and Alliance for Green Heat ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.9% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $835k. At year end it held assets of $80k against liabilities of $674k, net assets of -$594k. It reported 32 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.