The Lifehouse

Analysis

The Lifehouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Huntington, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, The Lifehouse reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $692k to $1.1m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, The Lifehouse sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Space Coast Center for Independent Living Inc ($1.1m), American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation Inc ($1.1m) and Washington State Association for Justice Legal Educational Seminars ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $481k. It reported 20 employees.