New Orleans Airlift

Analysis

New Orleans Airlift is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 2022, New Orleans Airlift reported income of $685k and spending of $951k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $917k to $685k (-25%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, New Orleans Airlift sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Black Girls Do STEM ($685k), Florida School of Traditional Midwifery Inc ($685k) and Zion Temple Christian Academy Inc ($685k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $262k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $943k, net assets of $554k. It reported 6 employees.