Lafayette Athletic Association of the Deaf

Analysis

Lafayette Athletic Association of the Deaf is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Lafayette Athletic Association of the Deaf reported income of $230k and spending of $75k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $230k (+323%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lafayette Athletic Association of the Deaf sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Pulse Inc ($230k), No Stomach for Cancer Inc ($230k) and Volunteer Health Program Ltd ($230k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $480k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $480k.