Smiles Day School

Analysis

Smiles Day School is a registered charity in United States, based in Walnut Creek, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1985, 41 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 December 2023, Smiles Day School reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $984k to $1.1m (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Smiles Day School sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Escuela Argentina Inc ($1.1m), Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges ($1.1m) and Paideia Classical Christian School ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $46k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $696k. At year end it held assets of $185k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $185k. It reported 11 employees.