Merchants Association of Columbia County Inc

Analysis

Merchants Association of Columbia County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinez, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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 December 2022, Merchants Association of Columbia County Inc reported income of $4.4m and spending of $413k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $326k to $4.4m (+1250%), an average of +267% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Merchants Association of Columbia County Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downtown United Soccer Club Inc ($4.4m), Davis Youth Soccer League ($4.4m) and USA Clay Target League ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $7.6m.