Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation

Analysis

Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Dayton, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation reported income of $573k and spending of $366k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $350k to $573k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croatia Juniors Inc ($573k), Metro Community Development Corpora ($573k) and Colorado Canyons Association ($573k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 25% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $275, net assets of $1.5m.