Push the Rock

Analysis

Push the Rock is a registered charity in United States, based in Emmaus, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 September 2023, Push the Rock reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $1.9m (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Push the Rock sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Ice ($1.9m), South Bronx United Inc ($1.9m) and Center for Wooden Boats ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $732k. At year end it held assets of $838k against liabilities of $71k, net assets of $767k. It reported 24 employees.