Junior League of Lansing Inc

Analysis

Junior League of Lansing Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in East Lansing, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 June 2023, Junior League of Lansing Inc reported income of $89k and spending of $96k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $161k to $89k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Junior League of Lansing Inc sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lia Foundation ($88k), Armourdale Renewal Association ($89k) and Impact100oc ($88k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $355k against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $309k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.