Lost Children of Peru Inc

Analysis

Lost Children of Peru Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabeth, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Lost Children of Peru Inc reported income of $750k and spending of $665k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $282k to $750k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lost Children of Peru Inc sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Provision International Inc ($749k), Friends of the Ceeli Institute ($751k) and DFW Asylum Seeker Housing Network ($748k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $8,676. At year end it held assets of $321k against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $298k.