Leader Dogs for the Blind Foundation

Analysis

Leader Dogs for the Blind Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester HLS, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type iii other) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Leader Dogs for the Blind Foundation reported income of $4.6m and spending of $12.7m, spending 274% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.8m to $4.6m (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leader Dogs for the Blind Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hawaii Island HIV AIDS Foundation ($4.6m), Loving Hearts Personal Care Service Inc ($4.6m) and Single Stop USA Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $68.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $68.8m.