Special Recreation Services Inc

Analysis

Special Recreation Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Special Recreation Services Inc reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $2.8m to $2.5m (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Special Recreation Services Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clay County Rehabilitation Center Inc ($2.5m), Interfaith Caring Ministries Inc ($2.5m) and Mad Agriculture ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $83k. At year end it held assets of $382k against liabilities of $95k, net assets of $287k. It reported 47 employees.