Lowther Building Fund Inc

Analysis

Lowther Building Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Emporia, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Lowther Building Fund Inc reported income of $236k and spending of $264k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $197k to $236k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lowther Building Fund Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Discovery Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization ($236k), Foundation of Hope ($236k) and Friends of Silver Gate ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $598k against liabilities of $171k, net assets of $427k.