Josina Lott Foundation

Analysis

Josina Lott Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Toledo, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Josina Lott Foundation reported income of $259k and spending of $74k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $70k to $259k (+269%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 998%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Josina Lott Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Resource Center of Teton Valley Inc ($259k), Porch-Durham ($259k) and Daniels Place Inc ($259k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $1.9m.