Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society

Analysis

Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Ardmore, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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 August 2024, Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.2m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income grew from $954k to $1.5m (+53%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jake Kielbs Hockey Foundation ($1.5m), Camp Daggett ($1.5m) and Cap City Athletic 1847 ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $360k. It paid $179k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $515k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 17 employees.