Connecticut Forest and Park Association Incorporated

Analysis

Connecticut Forest and Park Association Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockfall, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1945, 81 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, Connecticut Forest and Park Association Incorporated reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.3m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Connecticut Forest and Park Association Incorporated 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 80th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Forks Youth Hockey Association ($1.3m), Olentangy Youth Athletic Association ($1.3m) and Missouri Valley Football Conference ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $532k. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $107k, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 25 employees.