Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Inc

Analysis

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Vienna, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1944, 82 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, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.8m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Care Development Center Inc ($1.8m), Mount Vernon Community School District Foundation ($1.8m) and Parkview Huntington Family Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $592k. At year end it held assets of $11.8m against liabilities of $537k, net assets of $11.2m. It reported 22 employees.