Fierce United

Analysis

Fierce United is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2020, 6 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, Fierce United reported income of $700k and spending of $625k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $227k to $700k (+208%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fierce United sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gillespie County Fair & Festival Assn Inc ($700k), Kirkland Merchants Baseball Club ($701k) and The Lake Hopatcong Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($700k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.6% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $355k against liabilities of $3,117, net assets of $352k. It reported 4 employees.