Running for a Better Oakland

Analysis

Running for a Better Oakland is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Running for a Better Oakland reported income of $173k and spending of $175k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $173k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Running for a Better Oakland sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forestville Park Development Inc ($173k), Frisco Ice Hockey Association ($173k) and West Cobb Baseball Association ($173k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $160k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $146k.