Friends of BLS Crew Inc

Analysis

Friends of BLS Crew Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. 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 2021, Friends of BLS Crew Inc reported income of $210k and spending of $135k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income fell from $308k to $210k (-32%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 BLS Crew Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Soccer Association of Greater St Joseph ($209k), Goodland Activities Center Inc ($210k) and Lake Oswego High School Football Booster Club ($209k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 52% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $52k. At year end it held assets of $147k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $147k. It reported 9 employees.