River Parks Foundation

Analysis

River Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Tulsa, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2022, River Parks Foundation reported income of $3.9m and spending of $1.5m, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2022, income grew from $705k to $3.9m (+450%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 274%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, River Parks Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Senior Life Foundation Inc ($3.9m), Community Basics Inc ($3.9m) and Belize Fund for a Sustainable Future Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $39k, net assets of $4.8m.