Jerseyland Park Community Center

Analysis

Jerseyland Park Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Scotch Plains, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 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, Jerseyland Park Community Center reported income of $74k and spending of $37k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $29k to $74k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Jerseyland Park Community Center sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Franklin County Saddle Club Inc ($74k), West Inverness Recreation and Parks ($74k) and Bellingham Girls Softball Association ($74k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $450k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $450k.