Life on Wheels

Analysis

Life on Wheels is a registered charity in United States, based in Montgomery, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2016, 10 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, Life on Wheels reported income of $581k and spending of $789k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $666k to $581k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Life on Wheels sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 76th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assistance League of North Coast ($581k), Mulliganeers Inc ($581k) and Weston County Senior Services ($581k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $419k. At year end it held assets of $841k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $829k. It reported 15 employees.