Citizens for Safe Schools

Analysis

Citizens for Safe Schools is a registered charity in United States, based in Klamath Falls, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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, Citizens for Safe Schools reported income of $809k and spending of $590k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $196k to $809k (+313%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Citizens for Safe Schools sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Association for Urban Debate Leagues ($809k), Washington State STEM Education Foundation ($809k) and Ferris Wheel Innovation Center ($809k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (11% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $399k against liabilities of $84k, net assets of $315k. It reported 11 employees.