Living Water for Kenya

Analysis

Living Water for Kenya is a registered charity in United States, based in Palm Desert, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 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, Living Water for Kenya reported income of $118k and spending of $125k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $162k to $118k (-28%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Living Water for Kenya sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include True Love Ministry Inc ($117k), Families in Rich Encounters ($118k) and Kids Against Hunger-Sioux Falls ($117k).

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 $23k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $23k.