Rotary Lights Inc

Analysis

Rotary Lights Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in LA Crosse, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Rotary Lights Inc reported income of $489k and spending of $307k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $308k to $489k (+59%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rotary Lights Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Neighbors ($489k), Wildlife Warriors USA Inc ($489k) and Congressional Football Game for Charity Inc ($489k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $1.1m.