Golf Association of the Lehigh Valley Foundation

Analysis

Golf Association of the Lehigh Valley Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Allentown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 September 2023, Golf Association of the Lehigh Valley Foundation reported income of $104k and spending of $131k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $114k to $104k (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Golf Association of the Lehigh Valley Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include KC Roller Warriors Inc ($104k), Asd Oregon ($104k) and Red Wing Uss Swim Club ($104k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $12k against liabilities of $555k, net assets of -$543k. It reported 7 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.