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California Poets in the Schools

Santa Rosa, California · EIN 94-2977264 · tax-exempt since 1986

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 51.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 117,084 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K 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.25.2 months64
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.54% of practices54
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.35
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.94% from one source21
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.89.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.10not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$203K$269K−$66K$566K25.22C
Aug 2024Form 990$221K$344K−$123K$595K20.72C
Aug 2023Form 990$389K$423K−$34K$704K20.02D
Aug 2022Form 990$616K$237K$379K$716K36.31D
Aug 2021Form 990$303K$213K$89K$364K20.52C
Aug 2019Form 990$231K$218K$13K$286K15.73C
Aug 2018Form 990$208K$249K−$41K$273K13.23C
Aug 2017Form 990$259K$264K−$4,726$296K13.53C
Aug 2016Form 990$298K$333K−$35K$287K10.32C

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.

Read the filings

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