Rhodes Grove Camp & Conference Center

Analysis

Rhodes Grove Camp & Conference Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Chambersburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 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, Rhodes Grove Camp & Conference Center reported income of $820k and spending of $962k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $820k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rhodes Grove Camp & Conference Center sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sfba ($820k), USA Swimming Inc ($820k) and Home Place of Texas ($819k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (8.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $263k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 56 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.