Childrens Cottage

Analysis

Childrens Cottage is a registered charity in United States, based in Larkspur, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 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, Childrens Cottage reported income of $165k and spending of $162k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $211k to $165k (-22%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Childrens Cottage sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The@spark Inc ($165k), Mustang Mockingbird Properties ($165k) and Newport Elementary School Foundation ($165k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.4% and program service revenue 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $118k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $118k.