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Decatur City Schools Foundation Inc

Decatur, Alabama · EIN 58-2004353 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · tax-exempt since 1992

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 57.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 20,382 philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.50.6 months17
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.54
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.73% from one source62
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.88.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.08not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920202021202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$879K$617K$261K$2.60M50.62C
Sep 2024Form 990$1.07M$603K$468K$2.34M46.62C
Sep 2023Form 990$370K$346K$24K$1.87M64.92C
Sep 2021Form 990$350K$424K−$74K$2.16M61.02C
Sep 2020Form 990$402K$428K−$26K$2.14M60.04C
Sep 2019Form 990$375K$414K−$39K$2.08M60.33D
Sep 2018Form 990$1.10M$262K$836K$2.02M92.64D
Sep 2017Form 990$262K$286K−$24K$1.22M51.42D
Sep 2016Form 990$336K$259K$77K$1.22M56.42D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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