Oak Lawn Baseball

Analysis

Oak Lawn Baseball is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Lawn, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1968, 58 years ago. 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, Oak Lawn Baseball reported income of $234k and spending of $217k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $368k to $234k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Oak Lawn Baseball sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Georgia Association for Gifted Children Inc ($234k), Friends of the Knox County Public Library ($234k) and Little League Baseball Inc ($234k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.4% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $8,600 (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $295k against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $283k. It reported 12 employees.