Ashland Parks Foundation

Analysis

Ashland Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ashland Parks Foundation reported income of $746k and spending of $286k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $251k to $746k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ashland Parks Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evansville Elite Soccer Club ($746k), Quad City Hockey Association ($746k) and Road Runners Club of America ($746k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3,038. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $395, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 1 employees.