Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Foundation

Analysis

Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson Cty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Foundation reported income of $144k and spending of $205k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $72k to $144k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 445%. Over the whole period it spent 659% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medomak Valley All Sports Boosters ($143k), Hope Christian Services Foundation Inc ($144k) and Lotus School Foundation Inc ($143k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $507k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $507k.

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.