Des Plaines Friends of the Parks

Analysis

Des Plaines Friends of the Parks is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Plaines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 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, Des Plaines Friends of the Parks reported income of $145k and spending of $139k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $264k to $145k (-45%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Des Plaines Friends of the Parks sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soccer Club of Springfield Inc ($145k), Caveman Youth Football ($145k) and New Growth Inc ($145k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $44k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $44k.