Lupus LA

Analysis

Lupus LA is a registered charity in United States, based in Encino, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Lupus LA reported income of $591k and spending of $659k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $879k to $591k (-33%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lupus LA sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation ($591k), Spanda Inc ($591k) and Alliance for Patient Medication Safety ($591k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $186k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $90k. At year end it held assets of $263k against liabilities of $110k, net assets of $153k. It reported 3 employees.