Light Up Middletown Inc

Analysis

Light Up Middletown Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Middletown, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Light Up Middletown Inc reported income of $175k and spending of $147k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $113k to $175k (+55%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Light Up Middletown Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 51st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pocono Alpine Ski Educational Foundation Inc ($175k), Eleva Broiler Festival Inc ($175k) and Overland Mountain Bike Association ($175k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $465k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $389k.