Lord Wedgwood Charity

Analysis

Lord Wedgwood Charity is a registered charity in United States, based in Hoover, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 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 December 2023, Lord Wedgwood Charity reported income of $63k and spending of $64k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $94k to $63k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lord Wedgwood Charity sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welcome Chatham Inc ($63k), Open Hearts Community Mission Inc ($63k) and Moving Forward Payee Services Corp ($63k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $72k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $72k.