Direct Instructional Support Systems Inc

Analysis

Direct Instructional Support Systems Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1990, 36 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 December 2023, Direct Instructional Support Systems Inc reported income of $3.6m and spending of $3.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.2m to $3.6m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Direct Instructional Support Systems Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walworth County Agricultural Society ($3.6m), Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc ($3.7m) and Plymouth Wayzata Fusion Soccer Club ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $591k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 116 employees.