Lions Camp Merrick Inc

Analysis

Lions Camp Merrick Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Nanjemoy, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1983, 43 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, Lions Camp Merrick Inc reported income of $710k and spending of $538k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $412k to $710k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lions Camp Merrick Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tri-Cities Soccer Association ($710k), Moundsview Youth Hockey Association ($711k) and International Mountain Bicycling Association ($710k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $175k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $210k, net assets of $821k. It reported 26 employees.