Associated Recreation Council

Analysis

Associated Recreation Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1977, 49 years ago. 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, Associated Recreation Council reported income of $16.4m and spending of $16.6m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $18.7m to $16.4m (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Associated Recreation Council sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Olympics Illinois ($16.4m), The Arc of Cumberland and Perry Counties ($16.5m) and The Open Window School ($16.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 69% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $328k (2.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.9m. At year end it held assets of $14.5m against liabilities of $5.9m, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 666 employees.