Luther Senior Center East

Analysis

Luther Senior Center East is a registered charity in United States, based in Richland, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 March 2024, Luther Senior Center East reported income of $135k and spending of $187k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income grew from $128k to $135k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Luther Senior Center East sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include L J R Corporation ($135k), Asi Owatonna Inc ($135k) and House of Restoration ($135k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $7,104, net assets of $2.2m.

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.