Donorschoose Org: $187.3M Revenue, $175.6M Expenses

Donorschoose Org grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 75/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Donorschoose Org is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $187.3M in 2022 revenue against $175.6M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. Financial health is a strength: Donorschoose Org carries a healthy operating-reserve cushion against $175.6M in annual expenses, the kind of balance-sheet stability that helps an organization weather funding gaps without cutting programs.

Revenue has grown meaningfully across the five-year filing history — a sign of expanding donor base, new grants, or scaling programs. Donorschoose Org reported $187.3M in 2022, up notably from the start of the window. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Donorschoose Org reports $2.2M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $187.3M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Donorschoose Org sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.