Palisades Preschool

Analysis

Palisades Preschool is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 December 2021, Palisades Preschool reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2021, income fell from $1.4m to $1.4m (-3.6%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Palisades Preschool sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Miracles Learning Center Inc ($1.4m), Foundation for a College Education ($1.4m) and Starbright Learning Center ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.3% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $176k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $545k. At year end it held assets of $744k against liabilities of $343k, net assets of $401k. It reported 22 employees.