National Speleological Foundation

Analysis

National Speleological Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Perkasie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1967, 59 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 March 2023, National Speleological Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $106k, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income grew from $102k to $1.3m (+1163%), an average of +133% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 10% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, National Speleological Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Young Mens Christian Association of Idaho Falls Inc ($1.3m), Summer Learning Collaborative ($1.3m) and Illinois Association of Park Districts ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $5.0m, net assets of $1.7m.