Lion Athletic Association

Analysis

Lion Athletic Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Hammond, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 June 2024, Lion Athletic Association reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $2.0m to $2.3m (+14%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lion Athletic Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation ($2.3m), Inspire for Autism Inc ($2.3m) and Madison Public Library Foundation Inc ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $685k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $940k, net assets of $540k.