Sandy Bay Lighthouse Ministries Inc

Analysis

Sandy Bay Lighthouse Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Deridder, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Sandy Bay Lighthouse Ministries Inc reported income of $650k and spending of $567k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $407k to $650k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sandy Bay Lighthouse Ministries Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caring Adoptions ($649k), Supporting Kids Foundation ($650k) and Global Newborn Solutions Inc ($649k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.