Sonoran Desert Aquatics

Analysis

Sonoran Desert Aquatics is a registered charity in United States, based in Oro Valley, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Sonoran Desert Aquatics reported income of $651k and spending of $645k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $392k to $651k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 70%. 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, Sonoran Desert Aquatics sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include McDowell Mountain Ranch Soccer Club ($651k), Mountain Park Athletic Association Inc ($652k) and Lake Washington Rowing Club ($651k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $179k. At year end it held assets of $291k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $291k. It reported 24 employees.