Cambridge Camping Association Inc

Analysis

Cambridge Camping Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cambridge, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1936, 90 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cambridge Camping Association Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $842k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.3m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Cambridge Camping Association Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ($1.2m), Finesse Fastpitch Softball ($1.3m) and Renaissance Fencing Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 4.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $281k (33% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 60 employees.