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Columbus Educational Foundation Inc

Columbus, Mississippi · EIN 64-0435248 · Education · tax-exempt since 1986

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 73.8 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 58,642 education nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M 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.18.4 months77
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.56% of practices56
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.77
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.7% from one source79
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.82.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.12.3%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.57not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$5.09M$4.42M$676K$6.78M18.4105B
Jul 2024Form 990$5.07M$4.26M$812K$6.11M17.2120B
Jul 2023Form 990$5.70M$3.88M$1.82M$5.29M16.4122C
Jul 2022Form 990$4.20M$3.69M$504K$3.47M11.3114B
Jul 2021Form 990$3.62M$3.43M$188K$2.97M10.4109B
Jul 2020Form 990$3.99M$3.48M$504K$2.78M9.6112B
Jul 2019Form 990$3.73M$3.37M$352K$2.27M8.1113B
Jul 2018Form 990$3.54M$3.33M$205K$1.92M6.9108A
Jul 2017Form 990$3.56M$3.32M$239K$1.72M6.294B
Jul 2016Form 990$3.65M$3.22M$421K$1.48M5.592B

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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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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