Lil Troopers Learning Center

Analysis

Lil Troopers Learning Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux Falls, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Lil Troopers Learning Center reported income of $503k and spending of $541k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $460k to $503k (+9.3%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lil Troopers Learning Center sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hopes Wings Inc ($502k), Summersun Montessori ($503k) and Northern Hills Alliance for Children ($502k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $392k. At year end it held assets of $192k against liabilities of $8,449, net assets of $184k. It reported 35 employees.