Lincoln Collection Endowment

Analysis

Lincoln Collection Endowment is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Wayne, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lincoln Collection Endowment reported income of $1.1m and spending of $313k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $346k to $1.1m (+208%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lincoln Collection Endowment sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Songfest ($1.1m), Skaneateles Festival Inc ($1.1m) and Washington Art Association Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $10.1m.