Desert Recreation Foundation

Analysis

Desert Recreation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Indio, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Desert Recreation Foundation reported income of $158k and spending of $136k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $387k to $158k (-59%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Desert Recreation Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onset Bay Association Inc ($158k), Copley Community Improvement Corporation ($158k) and District 6 Planning Council ($158k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $396k against liabilities of $102k, net assets of $295k.