Lowcountry Orphan Relief

Analysis

Lowcountry Orphan Relief is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Lowcountry Orphan Relief reported income of $2.2m and spending of $1.8m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $2.2m (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lowcountry Orphan Relief sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tarjimly ($2.2m), Council for Life ($2.2m) and Comprehensive Juvenile Services Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $370k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 17 employees.