Samuel Lawrence Foundation

Analysis

Samuel Lawrence Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Del Mar, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2010, 16 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 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, Samuel Lawrence Foundation reported income of $234k and spending of $250k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $167k to $234k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Samuel Lawrence Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skagit Opera ($234k), Poss Music Works NFP ($234k) and Chapin Community Theatre Inc ($234k).

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 $111k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $111k.