Westside Waldorf School

Analysis

Westside Waldorf School is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2025. 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 2020, Westside Waldorf School reported income of $6.5m and spending of $6.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2020, income grew from $6.2m to $6.5m (+4.5%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Westside Waldorf School sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jackson Development Center Inc ($6.5m), Liberty Tech Charter School Inc ($6.5m) and Two Roads Charter School ($6.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $500k (8.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $3.3m, net assets of -$191k. It reported 64 employees.