Lynchpin

Analysis

Lynchpin is a registered charity in United States, based in Yakima, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lynchpin reported income of $126k and spending of $192k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $230k to $126k (-45%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lynchpin sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thabor Tots Child Care Center ($126k), Marshfield Area Respite Care Center Inc ($126k) and Unified Efforts Inc ($126k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $169k against liabilities of $4,064, net assets of $165k.