The Lawn Institute Foundation

Analysis

The Lawn Institute Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lombard, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, The Lawn Institute Foundation reported income of $223k and spending of $154k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $353k to $223k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Lawn Institute Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wonderlust Productions ($223k), American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association Inc ($223k) and Brandywine Valley Friends of Old Time Music Inc ($223k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.