Lead-Up International

Analysis

Lead-Up International is a registered charity in United States, based in Poolesville, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 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, Lead-Up International reported income of $90k and spending of $109k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $145k to $90k (-38%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lead-Up International 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 MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blaze of Hope ($90k), Nestldown Therapeutic Riding Center ($90k) and Marion Senior Citizens Association Inc ($90k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $47k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $47k.