Recovery Lighthouse

Analysis

Recovery Lighthouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrensburg, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Recovery Lighthouse reported income of $2.8m and spending of $1.5m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $791k to $2.8m (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Recovery Lighthouse sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tiger Lily Foundation Inc ($2.8m), Guiding Right Inc ($2.8m) and Community Impact Central Valley ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $749k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $442k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 34 employees.