Center for Civic Education

Analysis

Center for Civic Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabasas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2023, Center for Civic Education reported income of $3.9m and spending of $3.9m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $3.7m to $3.9m (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Center for Civic Education sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skills Center Inc ($3.9m), Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona ($3.9m) and Youth for Christ USA Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $551k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 16 employees.