Lifechoices

Analysis

Lifechoices is a registered charity in United States, based in Joplin, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Lifechoices reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.5m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.9m (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lifechoices sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allied Services Foundation ($1.9m), End Well Foundation ($1.9m) and Cabin Counseling & Resource Center Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $637k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $68k, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 23 employees.