Lord Is My Help

Analysis

Lord Is My Help is a registered charity in United States, based in Ocean Springs, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Lord Is My Help reported income of $298k and spending of $183k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2023, income grew from $223k to $298k (+34%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lord Is My Help sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El Reno Blessing Baskets Inc ($298k), Front Royal Pregnancy Center Inc ($298k) and West Galveston County Interfaith Caring Ministries ($298k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $73k. At year end it held assets of $453k against liabilities of $482, net assets of $453k. It reported 3 employees.