Ellis Short Sands Park Trust

Analysis

Ellis Short Sands Park Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in York, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2018, 8 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), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Ellis Short Sands Park Trust reported income of $567k and spending of $337k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $475k to $567k (+19%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ellis Short Sands Park Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 68th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair Inc ($567k), Cape Express Soccer Club ($568k) and Newport Beach Baseball Association ($567k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.