Des Moines Area Sports Commission

Analysis

Des Moines Area Sports Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Des Moines Area Sports Commission reported income of $537k and spending of $556k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $276k to $537k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 9967%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Des Moines Area Sports Commission sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 74th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hopkinton Youth Soccer Inc ($537k), Wisconsin Rapids Youth Baseball Association Inc ($537k) and Charlevoix Area Community Pool ($536k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 7.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $536k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $536k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.