Lefleur East Foundation

Analysis

Lefleur East Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 September 2023, Lefleur East Foundation reported income of $121k and spending of $54k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $54k to $121k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 19774%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Lefleur East Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I Am My Brothers Keeper CDC ($121k), Kiwanis Club of Deerfield Beach Charitable Foundation Inc ($121k) and CCC Leadership Program Inc ($121k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $122k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $122k.