Lamp Stand Incorporated

Analysis

Lamp Stand Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Flagstaff, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 June 2024, Lamp Stand Incorporated reported income of $213k and spending of $181k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $281k to $213k (-24%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lamp Stand Incorporated sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Girls Giving Back Inc ($213k), Camino Real Rotary Club Inc ($213k) and Wfyi Foundation Inc ($213k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $217k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $217k.