Swarthmore Recreation Association

Analysis

Swarthmore Recreation Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Swarthmore, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1951, 75 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 2023, Swarthmore Recreation Association reported income of $583k and spending of $461k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $316k to $583k (+84%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Swarthmore Recreation Association sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Champlain Area Trails Inc ($583k), St Croix Valley Athletic Assoc ($583k) and Georgia Futbol Club Inc ($583k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.8% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $58k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $120k. At year end it held assets of $555k against liabilities of $3,115, net assets of $552k. It reported 44 employees.