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Word of Life Foundation Inc

RegisteredEIN 45-2899583Schroon Lake, NYReligion
Income$24.5m2023-12
Spending$17.3msame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause100th pctReligion
Exempt since2012Publicly supported organisat
Employees0latest return

Analysis

Word of Life Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Schroon Lake, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Word of Life Foundation Inc reported income of $24.5m and spending of $17.3m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $26.1m to $24.5m (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Word of Life Foundation Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Truth for Life ($24.0m), World Jewish Congress American Section Inc ($24.7m) and Mission of Hope ($23.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $28.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $28.0m.

Income and spending

$0$8.2m$16.3m$24.5m$32.7m2019 Income: $26,070,0552019 Spending: $21,209,09020192020 Income: $24,081,6402020 Spending: $29,949,94020202021 Income: $32,657,6212021 Spending: $18,766,27420212022 Income: $11,873,1242022 Spending: $20,052,85220222023 Income: $24,510,6042023 Spending: $17,291,9892023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 98%
  • Other 1.8%

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Truth for LifeSolon$24.0m
World Jewish Congress American Section IncNew York$24.7m
Mission of HopeCedar Park$23.8m
Christian Herald Assn IncNew York$24.8m