Longview Parks and Recreation Foundation

Analysis

Longview Parks and Recreation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Longview, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Longview Parks and Recreation Foundation reported income of $129k and spending of $48k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $44k to $129k (+195%), an average of +195% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 195%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Longview Parks and Recreation Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Circus Park Conservancy ($129k), Oregon City Youth Football Association ($129k) and Cy-Fair Ravens Athletic Club ($129k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $81k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $81k.