Sabre Hockey Association

Analysis

Sabre Hockey Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Naperville, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1972, 54 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 April 2023, Sabre Hockey Association reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2023, income fell from $3.1m to $2.6m (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sabre Hockey Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seminole Soccer Club Inc ($2.6m), Mercer County Fairgrounds Inc ($2.6m) and Team Footworks Educational & Fitness Corporation ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% and program service revenue 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $176k (6.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $591k against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $526k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.