Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier

Analysis

Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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 December 2023, Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier reported income of $223k and spending of $180k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $254k to $223k (-12%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 102%. 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, Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arlington Youth Sports ($223k), Lake Cumberland Youth Football Inc ($223k) and Little League Baseball Inc ($223k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $106k. At year end it held assets of $945k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $945k. It reported 8 employees.