Henrietta Lacks Foundation Inc

Analysis

Henrietta Lacks Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lake Oswego, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Henrietta Lacks Foundation Inc reported income of $69k and spending of $276k, spending 400% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $144k to $69k (-52%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 175% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Henrietta Lacks Foundation Inc sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kentucky Alternative Livestock Association Inc ($69k), Friends of Gwinnett Co Seniors Inc ($69k) and Assaley Place Inc ($69k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $241k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $241k.