Southern Maine Community Recreation Center

Analysis

Southern Maine Community Recreation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Gorham, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2008, 18 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, Southern Maine Community Recreation Center reported income of $482k and spending of $413k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $350k to $482k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Southern Maine Community Recreation Center sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Fishing Academy Inc ($482k), Greater Waco Sports Commission ($482k) and Park and Recreation Association of Sag Harbor New York Inc ($481k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $770k against liabilities of $410k, net assets of $360k. It reported 8 employees.