Play Centers Inc

Analysis

Play Centers Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Parkville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Play Centers Inc reported income of $5.4m and spending of $5.8m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $4.1m to $5.4m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Play Centers Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allegheny Family Network ($5.4m), Wilson Family Young Mens Christian Association ($5.4m) and Aroostook Home Health Services ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.1% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 281 employees.