The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Johnson County

Analysis

The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Johnson County is a registered charity in United States, based in Shawnee MSN, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1977, 49 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, The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Johnson County reported income of $279k and spending of $148k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $147k to $279k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 377%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Johnson County sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All American Youth Horse Show Foundation Inc ($279k), RSM NJB Inc ($279k) and Tannery Pond Center for Arts Education & Community Gatherings ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $2,284, net assets of $2.2m.