Recreation Northwest

Analysis

Recreation Northwest is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Recreation Northwest reported income of $116k and spending of $295k, spending 255% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $182k to $116k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 401%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Recreation Northwest 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 41st percentile, and in the 36th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fair Oaks Dolphins Swim Club Inc ($116k), Salt Lake Figure Skating ($116k) and Carolina Cubs Showcase ($116k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $158k. At year end it held assets of $790k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $790k. It reported 3 employees.