Lamplighters Inc

Analysis

Lamplighters Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tampa, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1988, 38 years ago. 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 May 2024, Lamplighters Inc reported income of $266k and spending of $285k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $228k to $266k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lamplighters Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community of Celebration ($266k), Mattawan Public Education Foundation ($266k) and Halo Group of Middle Georgia Inc ($266k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 6.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $31k.