Lighthouse Christian Camp Incorporated

Analysis

Lighthouse Christian Camp Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Smithville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Lighthouse Christian Camp Incorporated reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $811k to $1.1m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Lighthouse Christian Camp Incorporated sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation ($1.1m), First North Carolina ($1.1m) and Teen Advisors Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $444k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 50 employees.