Alive on the Lakeshore

Analysis

Alive on the Lakeshore is a registered charity in United States, based in Muskegon, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, 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, Alive on the Lakeshore reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.4m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.3m (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Alive on the Lakeshore sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Disease ($1.3m), Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc ($1.3m) and Midway Contemporary Art ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $323k. At year end it held assets of $970k against liabilities of $115k, net assets of $854k. It reported 4 employees.

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.