Friends of the Blue Star Trail

Analysis

Friends of the Blue Star Trail is a registered charity in United States, based in Fennville, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, Friends of the Blue Star Trail reported income of $273k and spending of $84k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $199k to $273k (+37%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of the Blue Star Trail sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Easton Youth Soccer League Inc ($273k), Little League Baseball Inc ($273k) and Sisu Foundation ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $597k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $597k.