Durham Sports Commission

Analysis

Durham Sports Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Durham Sports Commission reported income of $382k and spending of $452k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $62k to $382k (+518%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 504%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Durham Sports Commission sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pacifica Sea Lions Aquatic Club Inc ($382k), West Suburban Officials Association ($382k) and Green Lake Greenways ($382k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $4,000, net assets of $225k.