Lions Business Oppertunities for the Missouri Blind Inc

Analysis

Lions Business Oppertunities for the Missouri Blind Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson Cty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1951, 75 years ago. 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 September 2023, Lions Business Oppertunities for the Missouri Blind Inc reported income of $995k and spending of $771k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $874k to $995k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lions Business Oppertunities for the Missouri Blind Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tulare Emergency Aid Council ($995k), West Park Kamms Neighborhood Development ($995k) and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 926 Joint Apprenti ($995k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.4% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $244k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $133k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 24 employees.