Lamb Institute

Analysis

Lamb Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Mt Pleasant, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 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 June 2024, Lamb Institute reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.3m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.5m to $1.8m (+26%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 288%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lamb Institute sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Door Christian Church of McAllen Texas Inc ($1.8m), Inner City Action Inc ($1.8m) and Science and Nonduality ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $247k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 3 employees.