Athletic Edge

Analysis

Athletic Edge is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1997, 29 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, Athletic Edge reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.9m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $1.3m to $3.5m (+164%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Athletic Edge 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 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orange County Football Academy Inc ($3.5m), Jacksonville FC ($3.5m) and Montgomery County Fair Association Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.7% and program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $169k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $590k against liabilities of $243k, net assets of $346k. It reported 198 employees.