Liberty Learning Foundation

Analysis

Liberty Learning Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Huntsville, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2012, 14 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 June 2023, Liberty Learning Foundation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.7m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Liberty Learning Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality ($1.7m), Core Powered by the Rogers Foundation ($1.7m) and Aucocisco School ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $368k against liabilities of $290k, net assets of $78k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.