Land Connection Foundation

Analysis

Land Connection Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Champaign, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Land Connection Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $417k to $1.2m (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Land Connection Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South River Development Corporation ($1.2m), Pathways Adult Learning Center Inc ($1.2m) and Help Another Toward Creative Happiness ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $409k. At year end it held assets of $466k against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $416k. It reported 15 employees.