Lamplighter Ministries Inc

Analysis

Lamplighter Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Auburn, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 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 December 2023, Lamplighter Ministries Inc reported income of $321k and spending of $328k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $227k to $321k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lamplighter Ministries Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 64th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Desert Springs Inc ($321k), Evangelical Fellowship of International Global Students Abro ($321k) and Baptist Bible Hour Inc ($321k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $261k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $261k. It reported 1 employees.