Four Winds Inc

Analysis

Four Winds Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Deer Harbor, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1968, 58 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 September 2023, Four Winds Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $3.1m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Four Winds Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recreation Vehicle Technical Institute Inc ($3.1m), New Jersey Colonials Hockey Association Inc ($3.1m) and Colorado Springs Sports Corporation ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 81% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $202k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. It paid $1,250 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.0m against liabilities of $549k, net assets of $7.5m. It reported 148 employees.