Adaptive Adventures

Analysis

Adaptive Adventures is a registered charity in United States, based in Westminster, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, Adaptive Adventures reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.0m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Adaptive Adventures sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Springfield Public Schools ($2.0m), Luke S Wings Inc ($2.0m) and Expanded Mental Health Services of Chicago NFP ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 7.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $101k (5.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $626k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $573k. It reported 15 employees.