Lenawee County Mission

Analysis

Lenawee County Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Adrian, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 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, Lenawee County Mission reported income of $523k and spending of $608k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $599k to $523k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lenawee County Mission sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Otterbein Green Hills Community Inc ($523k), Lancaster Fresh Market Inc ($523k) and Green Valley - Glenwood Community Inc ($523k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (9.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $184k. It paid $21k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $212k. It reported 17 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.