The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth

Analysis

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth is a registered charity in United States, based in Norristown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth reported income of $11.4m and spending of $9.8m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $11.4m (+162%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vapor Ministries Inc ($11.4m), Cincinnati Association for the Blind ($11.4m) and Hetrick-Martin Institute Inc ($11.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $657k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.9m. At year end it held assets of $32.2m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $28.8m. It reported 202 employees.