Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation

Analysis

Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pratt, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 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, Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation reported income of $622k and spending of $739k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $538k to $622k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New England Womens and Men Athletic Conference ($621k), San Clemente Tritons Water Polo Corporation ($622k) and Hawaii Youth Soccer Association ($621k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.1% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $293k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $6,264, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 16 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.