Lost River Educational Foundation Inc

Analysis

Lost River Educational Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lost City, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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 River Educational Foundation Inc reported income of $66k and spending of $72k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $28k to $66k (+133%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lost River Educational Foundation Inc sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA Texas Congress ($66k), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($66k) and Repast Ensemble Incorporated ($66k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $66k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $66k.