Decatur Parks Foundation

Analysis

Decatur Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Decatur Parks Foundation reported income of $853k and spending of $254k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $459k to $853k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Decatur Parks Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association Inc ($852k), The First Tee of Baltimore Inc ($853k) and Minnesota Softball ($852k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $8,605, net assets of $2.1m.