Livelikelou Foundation

Analysis

Livelikelou Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oxford, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Livelikelou Foundation reported income of $2.9m and spending of $1.9m, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $2.9m (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Livelikelou Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning ($2.9m), Oak Ridge Foundation Incorporated ($2.9m) and The Fulton School ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. It paid $80k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $441k, net assets of $3.5m.