Lifespring Community Health
Analysis
Lifespring Community Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Chattanooga, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Lifespring Community Health reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $762k to $1.9m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.
Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lifespring Community Health sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc ($1.9m), I Ola Lahui Inc ($1.9m) and Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay Foundation ($1.9m).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $973k. At year end it held assets of $654k against liabilities of $301k, net assets of $353k. It reported 38 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 74%
- Program services 26%
- Other 0.1%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Plum Emergency Medical Services Inc | Pittsburgh | $1.9m |
| I Ola Lahui Inc | Honolulu | $1.9m |
| Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Virginia Beach | $1.9m |
| Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center of Knox County | Mount Vernon | $1.9m |