South Carolina Recreation & Park Assn

Analysis

South Carolina Recreation & Park Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1989, 37 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 December 2023, South Carolina Recreation & Park Assn reported income of $423k and spending of $311k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $600k to $423k (-30%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, South Carolina Recreation & Park Assn sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hingham Sports Partnership Inc ($423k), San Diego Fleet Week Foundation ($423k) and The Prince William Swim Club Inc ($422k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $618k against liabilities of $3,627, net assets of $614k. It reported 2 employees.