Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation

Analysis

Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Wyncote, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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 August 2023, Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.3m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $3.3m to $3.0m (-8.3%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tucson Trap and Skeet Club ($3.0m), Washington Area Bicyclist Association ($3.0m) and Gulf Coast Junior Golf Tour Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 81% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $674k. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $4.2m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 71 employees.