Lifeline of Northwest Arkansas

Analysis

Lifeline of Northwest Arkansas is a registered charity in United States, based in Bentonville, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 December 2023, Lifeline of Northwest Arkansas reported income of $416k and spending of $429k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $504k to $416k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifeline of Northwest Arkansas sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leading for Kids ($416k), Mba-Mi Mundo Daycare LLC ($416k) and C&c Advocacy Inc ($416k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $71k. At year end it held assets of $531k against liabilities of $408k, net assets of $124k. It reported 4 employees.