Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC
SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,145 to it, the largest being THE LESTER G ABELOFF FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $524k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $93k
What Special Recreation Services Inc does
Mission
Provide recreational, socialization, and habilitation activities for independent adults who are intellectually disabled, autistic, and/or mentally ill.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Waiver services funded through pennsylvania medicaid system help clients attain individual goals such as reading, budgeting and community integration. Population served are adults ranging in age from 22-65. Some clients live in group homes; some live with family. Approximately 15 clients served in 2024.
$431,764 spent98% of program spendingGroup activities are provided to adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, mental illness and some also have physical disabilities. Average attendence of about 12-18 adults and activities of 3 days per week for 2 hour sessions. Activities include bowling, movies, swimming, etc. Approximately 46 clients served in 2024.
$10,782 spent$21,152 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $442,546.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $121k to $158k (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 92% · 2021 95% · 2022 94% · 2023 94% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Debra Smith
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $5k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC?
- SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,145 to it, the largest being THE LESTER G ABELOFF FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $42,145 in grants to SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC?
- THE LESTER G ABELOFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL RECREATION SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing