Pittston Fair

Analysis

Pittston Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in Gardiner, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pittston Fair reported income of $156k and spending of $90k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $122k to $156k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pittston Fair sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Townie Athletics ($156k), Natures Coastal Holiday ($156k) and Midwest Suburban League Inc ($156k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $726k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $726k.