Gooden School

Analysis

Gooden School is a registered charity in United States, based in Sierra Madre, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1975, 51 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 August 2023, Gooden School reported income of $4.9m and spending of $4.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $3.6m to $4.9m (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gooden School sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCS Learning Center Inc ($4.9m), Solutions Journalism Network Inc ($4.9m) and Mountain Middle School ($4.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $197k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 50 employees.