Road Runners Club of America

Analysis

Road Runners Club of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1976, 50 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 December 2023, Road Runners Club of America reported income of $5.2m and spending of $5.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.0m to $5.2m (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Road Runners Club of America 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 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mississippi S Toughest Kids Foundation ($5.2m), Virginia State Golf Association Inc ($5.2m) and Friends of Hudson River Park Inc ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $227k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 28 employees.