Leave No Veteran Behind

Analysis

Leave No Veteran Behind is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 2021, Leave No Veteran Behind reported income of $3.0m and spending of $1.9m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2021, income grew from $1.6m to $3.0m (+81%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Leave No Veteran Behind sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jeff Gordon Childrens Foundation ($3.0m), United Way of Frederick County Incorporated ($3.0m) and Lagrange County Community Foundation Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 51% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $170k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $127k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $326k, net assets of $996k. It reported 66 employees.