Sacramento Parks Foundation

Analysis

Sacramento Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 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, Sacramento Parks Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $497k to $1.4m (+184%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 200%. 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, Sacramento Parks Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Socal Water Polo Foundation Inc ($1.4m), Massachusetts Youth Lacrosse Inc ($1.4m) and Michawana Youth Camp ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $392k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $392k.