Americas State Parks Foundation

Analysis

Americas State Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pratt, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending October 2023, Americas State Parks Foundation reported income of $715k and spending of $352k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2020 to October 2023, income grew from $11k to $715k (+6660%), an average of +307% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 1154%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Americas State Parks Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association Inc ($714k), Crystal Lake Camps Inc ($716k) and Gymnastics Club Inc ($714k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $800k against liabilities of $184k, net assets of $616k.