Lutheran Camp Association Inc

Analysis

Lutheran Camp Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Albion, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1953, 73 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lutheran Camp Association Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $800k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $622k to $1.4m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lutheran Camp Association Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coastal Athletic Association Football ($1.4m), Complete Playground Inc ($1.4m) and Camp Holiday Trails Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $316k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $150k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 46 employees.