Lost and Found

Analysis

Lost and Found is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Lost and Found reported income of $755k and spending of $1.1m, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $906k to $755k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lost and Found 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 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pointe Coupee Early Childhood Coalition Inc ($755k), Madisonville Education and Assistance Center Inc ($755k) and Orange County Deaf Equal Access Foundation Inc ($755k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 5.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $629k. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $5.2m. It reported 34 employees.