Blue Devil Swim Club

Analysis

Blue Devil Swim Club is a registered charity in United States, based in Gurnee, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Blue Devil Swim Club reported income of $265k and spending of $227k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $215k to $265k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Blue Devil Swim Club sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fearless Female Forum ($265k), Laguna Youth Baseball League Inc ($265k) and Junior League of El Paso Endowment Fund ($265k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.4% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (35% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $90k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $90k. It reported 15 employees.