Check for a Lump

Analysis

Check for a Lump is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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, Check for a Lump reported income of $279k and spending of $605k, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $333k to $279k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Check for a Lump sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transcultural Nursing Society ($279k), Aspire Together Inc ($279k) and Vision Resource Center ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $127k. It paid $3,500 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k. It reported 10 employees.