Ligonier Polo Association

Analysis

Ligonier Polo Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Ligonier, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Ligonier Polo Association reported income of $212k and spending of $103k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $238k to $212k (-11%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ligonier Polo Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council ($212k), Miss Tampa Bay Softball at Fishhawk Inc ($212k) and Faribault Hockey Assoc ($212k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $162k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $162k.