The Gridiron Club and Foundation

Analysis

The Gridiron Club and Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 2022, The Gridiron Club and Foundation reported income of $216k and spending of $150k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $301k to $216k (-28%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Gridiron Club and Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper Dublin Education Foundation ($216k), Purple Champions Club ($216k) and Saints ($216k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 126% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $998k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $998k.