Lumbar Spine Research Society

Analysis

Lumbar Spine Research Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Oregon, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 December 2023, Lumbar Spine Research Society reported income of $390k and spending of $327k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $226k to $390k (+72%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lumbar Spine Research Society sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torah Temimah Jerusalem ($390k), Persuasion Institute ($390k) and Global Outreach and Love of Soccer Inc ($390k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $505k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $505k.