Minnesota State Chess Association

Analysis

Minnesota State Chess Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2026. 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, Minnesota State Chess Association reported income of $80k and spending of $79k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $55k to $80k (+46%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Minnesota State Chess Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 28th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlisle Area Midget Football Club ($80k), Pauls Party Inc ($80k) and Voice in the Wilderness Inc ($80k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $48k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $29k.