Friends of Ludington St Park

Analysis

Friends of Ludington St Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Ludington, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Friends of Ludington St Park reported income of $71k and spending of $48k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $53k to $71k (+34%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Friends of Ludington St Park sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gramatica Family Foundation Inc ($71k), Sertoma Inc ($71k) and Home for the Holidays Inc ($71k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $112k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $112k.