Foundation for Fallen Linemen

Analysis

Foundation for Fallen Linemen is a registered charity in United States, based in Madisonville, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2024, 2 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 2022, Foundation for Fallen Linemen reported income of $79k and spending of $86k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $265k to $79k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Foundation for Fallen Linemen sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 31st percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Challis Senior Citizens Inc ($79k), Boynton Beach Firefighter Benevolent Assoc Inc ($79k) and Making a Difference with the Friends of Bill McKoy Foundation ($79k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (93% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $549k against liabilities of $89k, net assets of $459k. It reported 1 employees.