Playgrounds for Palestine Inc

Analysis

Playgrounds for Palestine Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Yardley, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2003, 23 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, Playgrounds for Palestine Inc reported income of $362k and spending of $401k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $119k to $362k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Playgrounds for Palestine Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asian Festival Corporation ($362k), College Rugby Association of America ($362k) and Greensboro Swimming Assn ($362k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $421k against liabilities of $174k, net assets of $247k.