Free Me From Lung Cancer

Analysis

Free Me From Lung Cancer is a registered charity in United States, based in Augusta, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Free Me From Lung Cancer reported income of $97k and spending of $132k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $102k to $97k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Free Me From Lung Cancer sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Ambulance Service ($97k), Alexis Joy Dachille Foundation for Postpartum Depression ($97k) and Bringchange Foundation Inc ($97k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $344k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $344k.