The Play Brigade Inc

Analysis

The Play Brigade Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookline, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 June 2023, The Play Brigade Inc reported income of $75k and spending of $132k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2023, income fell from $168k to $75k (-55%), an average of -55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Play Brigade Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brooklyn Figure Skating Club of Ohio ($75k), Lebanon Fastpitch ($75k) and New Hampshire Wrestling Association for Youth ($75k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $104k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $104k.