Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation

Analysis

Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 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, Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation reported income of $85k and spending of $71k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $116k to $85k (-27%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northborough Southborough Youth Football and Cheer Association Inc ($85k), Galesburg Youth Cal Ripken Baseball League Inc ($85k) and Cascade Camp Cedarbrook ($85k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $215k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $215k.