Lifelink

Analysis

Lifelink is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Fe, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2020, 6 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 June 2023, Lifelink reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.2m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $343k to $3.8m (+994%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifelink sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Methodist Youth Home Inc ($3.8m), Sunporch of Smith Center Inc ($3.8m) and Preble County Council on Aging Inc ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $238k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 4 employees.