The Lord Cares

Analysis

The Lord Cares is a registered charity in United States, based in Darlington, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, The Lord Cares reported income of $77k and spending of $81k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $91k to $77k (-16%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lord Cares sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Osceola Pregnancy Center Inc ($77k), Giving It Forward Together ($77k) and Resiliency Center of Newtown Inc ($77k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $279k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $279k.