Columbus Local Organizing Committee

Analysis

Columbus Local Organizing Committee is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Columbus Local Organizing Committee reported income of $3.4m and spending of $4.7m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $3.4m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 921%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Columbus Local Organizing Committee sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastside Football Club ($3.4m), National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment ($3.4m) and Weston FC Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $293k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $608k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $608k.