Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun

Analysis

Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashley, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun reported income of $684k and spending of $2.3m, spending 341% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $929k to $684k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 400% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Octorara Area Food Cupboard ($684k), Kids Outdoors Zone Inc ($685k) and Frederica Senior Center Inc ($684k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $279k. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $14.6m, net assets of -$4.3m. It reported 71 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.