Committee for a Secure Louisiana

Analysis

Committee for a Secure Louisiana is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Committee for a Secure Louisiana reported income of $75k and spending of $71k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $404k to $75k (-81%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 747400%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Committee for a Secure Louisiana sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minnesota Turf Seed Council Inc ($75k), Engraved Incorporated ($75k) and Mount Pleasant Village Inc ($75k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8,962 against liabilities of $5,000, net assets of $3,962.