Friends of the Gunpowder Falls State Park Graham Area

Analysis

Friends of the Gunpowder Falls State Park Graham Area is a registered charity in United States, based in Glen Arm, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Friends of the Gunpowder Falls State Park Graham Area reported income of $470k and spending of $478k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $391k to $470k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of the Gunpowder Falls State Park Graham Area sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together for Wichita Foundation ($469k), Ocean Township United Soccer Association Inc ($470k) and Fairmount Soccer Association ($469k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $56k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $176k. At year end it held assets of $105k against liabilities of $2,644, net assets of $102k. It reported 9 employees.