Fort Wilderness Ministries Incorporated

Analysis

Fort Wilderness Ministries Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in McNaughton, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1963, 63 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 November 2023, Fort Wilderness Ministries Incorporated reported income of $6.4m and spending of $5.1m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $3.7m to $6.4m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fort Wilderness Ministries Incorporated sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Olympics Virginia Inc ($6.4m), Norfolk Festevents Ltd ($6.4m) and Kentucky High School Athletic Association ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $162k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $13.8m against liabilities of $992k, net assets of $12.8m. It reported 116 employees.