Lebanese Information Center Inc

Analysis

Lebanese Information Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2010, 16 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lebanese Information Center Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $537k to $1.5m (+181%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lebanese Information Center Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Peace Communications Inc ($1.5m), Society for International Development Sid ($1.5m) and Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (6.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $402k against liabilities of $900, net assets of $402k.