Lydia Inc

Analysis

Lydia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Lydia Inc reported income of $772k and spending of $602k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $291k to $772k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lydia Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Global Impact Inc ($772k), Answer International Foundation ($773k) and Endpoverty Org ($771k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $367k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $367k.