Leadership Lackawanna

Analysis

Leadership Lackawanna is a registered charity in United States, based in Scranton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable 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, Leadership Lackawanna reported income of $285k and spending of $287k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $209k to $285k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Leadership Lackawanna 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 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coalition of New York State Career Schools ($285k), Priestley Forsyth Memorial Library ($285k) and Harmony Library Association ($285k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $380k against liabilities of $121k, net assets of $260k.

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.