Beaver County Lighthouse for the Blind

Analysis

Beaver County Lighthouse for the Blind is a registered charity in United States, based in New Brighton, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 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 March 2024, Beaver County Lighthouse for the Blind reported income of $69k and spending of $48k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2024, income grew from $21k to $69k (+236%), an average of +236% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Beaver County Lighthouse for the Blind sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Christmas ($69k), Gable Farms ($69k) and Road to Hope - Shelby Inc ($69k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $175k against liabilities of $1,239, net assets of $174k.