Lifting Hands International

Analysis

Lifting Hands International is a registered charity in United States, based in Chandler, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lifting Hands International reported income of $14.5m and spending of $14.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $14.5m (+481%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lifting Hands International sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden West Humanitarian Foundation ($14.5m), One World Surgery ($14.5m) and Acled ($14.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $442k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $296k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 13 employees.