Playground Inc

Analysis

Playground Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 July 2023, Playground Inc reported income of $776k and spending of $699k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $461k to $776k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Playground Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society Inc ($776k), 4 Learning ($776k) and Global Taiwan Institute ($776k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $249k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $197k, net assets of $955k. It reported 145 employees.