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LC Fund for Priesty Formation

RegisteredEIN 47-3786139Houston, TXReligion
Income$9.0m2023-12
Spending$10.9msame year
Spent / received63%5-year average
Size in its cause99th pctReligion
Exempt since2015Publicly supported organisat
Employees0latest return

Analysis

LC Fund for Priesty Formation is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, LC Fund for Priesty Formation reported income of $9.0m and spending of $10.9m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $32k to $9.0m (+28202%), an average of +310% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 14902%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, LC Fund for Priesty Formation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends with Jesus Inc ($8.9m), Christian Light Publications Inc ($9.1m) and Cues Fund ($8.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.2m against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $10.1m.

Income and spending

$0$2.7m$5.4m$8.2m$10.9m2019 Income: $31,8352019 Spending: $16,25620192020 Income: $4,775,9162020 Spending: $570,87720202021 Income: $5,730,0482021 Spending: $1,788,97020212022 Income: $6,359,8182022 Spending: $2,957,16620222023 Income: $9,010,0492023 Spending: $10,893,5852023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 97%
  • Other 2.9%

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Friends with Jesus IncBainbridge$8.9m
Christian Light Publications IncHarrisonburg$9.1m
Cues FundOmaha$8.9m
Catholic Leadership InstituteMalvern$9.2m