Road Runners Club of America

Analysis

Road Runners Club of America is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2003, 23 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).

In the financial year ending June 2024, Road Runners Club of America reported income of $416k and spending of $453k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $457k to $416k (-9.0%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Road Runners Club of America sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bloomington Traveling Baseball Association ($416k), California Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Organization Inc ($417k) and Greenbush Youth Soccer Club Inc ($416k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $75k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $977k. It reported 2 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.