Go for the Gold

Analysis

Go for the Gold is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1996, 30 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 May 2024, Go for the Gold reported income of $235k and spending of $239k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $47k to $235k (+402%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Go for the Gold 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 57th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ajax FC Chicago ($235k), South San Francisco Aquatic Club ($235k) and Vernon Hills Community Baseball & Softball Inc ($235k).

At year end it held assets of $43k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $43k.