Play Where You Stay

Analysis

Play Where You Stay is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2019, 7 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, Play Where You Stay reported income of $256k and spending of $233k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $155k to $256k (+66%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Play Where You Stay sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern California Association USA Track & Field Inc ($256k), Little League Baseball Inc ($256k) and Michigans Capital Area Basketball Club ($256k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $120k against liabilities of $680, net assets of $119k.