Lompoc Pops Orchestra

Analysis

Lompoc Pops Orchestra is a registered charity in United States, based in Lompoc, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 August 2024, Lompoc Pops Orchestra reported income of $91k and spending of $138k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2024, income grew from $46k to $91k (+97%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lompoc Pops Orchestra sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Red Bird Foundation ($91k), Acelero Charitable Foundation ($91k) and Greater Detroit Community Outreach Center Inc ($90k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 14% of the total. At year end it held assets of $106k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $106k.