Kick It Forward

Analysis

Kick It Forward is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 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, Kick It Forward reported income of $343k and spending of $261k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $344k to $343k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kick It Forward sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wayzata Girls Basketball Association ($343k), Miracle League of Delray Beach Inc ($343k) and Alaska USA Wrestling Inc ($343k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $246k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $246k.