Camp Lightbulb Incorporated

Analysis

Camp Lightbulb Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Palm Springs, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Camp Lightbulb Incorporated reported income of $461k and spending of $493k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $286k to $461k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Camp Lightbulb Incorporated sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hands Up for Haiti Inc ($461k), Ubuntu Global Connections Inc ($461k) and Umoja Partnership Inc ($461k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $144k (29% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $92k against liabilities of $79k, net assets of $14k. It reported 2 employees.