Live Oak Wilderness Camp

Analysis

Live Oak Wilderness Camp is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 September 2023, Live Oak Wilderness Camp reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $667k to $1.6m (+141%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Live Oak Wilderness Camp sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Episcopal School Inc ($1.6m), Daytona State College Housing Corporation ($1.6m) and Little Acorn Real Estate ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $102k (6.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $513k. At year end it held assets of $582k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $561k. It reported 97 employees.