Luke Commission Inc

Analysis

Luke Commission Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sagle, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Luke Commission Inc reported income of $20.9m and spending of $21.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.0m to $20.9m (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Luke Commission Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Id Insight Inc ($20.6m), International House ($21.0m) and Coptic Orphans Support Association ($20.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (0.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.2m. At year end it held assets of $20.2m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $17.7m. It reported 16 employees.