Recess Activities

Analysis

Recess Activities is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Recess Activities reported income of $4.3m and spending of $1.8m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $4.3m (+217%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 325%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Recess Activities sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education ($4.3m), Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum ($4.3m) and Mind Research Institute Inc ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $185k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $649k. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $687k, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 25 employees.