Bismarck Marathon

Analysis

Bismarck Marathon is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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, Bismarck Marathon reported income of $505k and spending of $499k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $273k to $505k (+85%), an average of +85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bismarck Marathon sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charis Hills Inc ($505k), Manchaca Optimist Youth Sports ($505k) and CT Cycling Advancement Program Inc ($505k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $75k.