Sparc-Center for the Study of Boys and Girls Lives

Analysis

Sparc-Center for the Study of Boys and Girls Lives is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 June 2023, Sparc-Center for the Study of Boys and Girls Lives reported income of $170k and spending of $186k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $224k to $170k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Sparc-Center for the Study of Boys and Girls Lives sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nick Cannon Foundation Inc ($170k), Rancho Hills Titans Pop Warner ($170k) and Free Enterprise Institute ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $42k (22% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $154k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $154k.