Sammamish Rowing Association

Analysis

Sammamish Rowing Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Redmond, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1995, 31 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, Sammamish Rowing Association reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.7m (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sammamish Rowing Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Sports Management Foundation ($1.7m), Christian Camp Meeting Association ($1.7m) and Youth Golf Coalition Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (7.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $603k. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $628k, net assets of $4.5m. It reported 31 employees.