Lamplighters International

Analysis

Lamplighters International is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomington, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Lamplighters International reported income of $380k and spending of $390k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $276k to $380k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lamplighters International sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emerging Grace Ministries ($380k), Endtime Message Tabernacle ($381k) and Yad Mishkan Inc ($380k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $118k. At year end it held assets of $225k against liabilities of $8,695, net assets of $216k. It reported 7 employees.