Deception Pass Park Foundation

Analysis

Deception Pass Park Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Harbor, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Deception Pass Park Foundation reported income of $248k and spending of $240k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $92k to $248k (+169%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Deception Pass Park Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shelby Christian School ($248k), 4m Swim Club ($248k) and Toro Youth Baseball ($248k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $105k. At year end it held assets of $347k against liabilities of $7,453, net assets of $340k. It reported 9 employees.