Act for Lebanon

Analysis

Act for Lebanon is a registered charity in United States, based in Ramsey, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Act for Lebanon reported income of $543k and spending of $580k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $116k to $543k (+368%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Act for Lebanon sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Avos Ubanim Inc ($543k), Pioneer61 Inc ($543k) and Junior Achievement of West Kentucky Inc ($542k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $158k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $158k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.