Play Ball Foundation Inc

Analysis

Play Ball Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Concord, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2023, Play Ball Foundation Inc reported income of $881k and spending of $430k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $372k to $881k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 434%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Play Ball Foundation Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Health Equity ($881k), Ohr Shloime Inc ($882k) and Vaani Tefillah Foundation ($880k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $212k (49% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $4,153, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 2 employees.