Bay Area Scores

Analysis

Bay Area Scores is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 August 2023, Bay Area Scores reported income of $4.5m and spending of $3.3m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $4.5m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bay Area Scores 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 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United States Figure Skating Foundation ($4.5m), Chastain Horse Park Ltd ($4.5m) and Friends of the Warner Parks Inc ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 9.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $380k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $429k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 81 employees.