Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc

Analysis

Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $755k to $2.3m (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Lift Up the Vulnerable Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vinacapital Foundation ($2.3m), American Friends of Bnei Brak Hospital ($2.4m) and International Legal Foundation Ltd ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $264k. At year end it held assets of $925k against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $770k. It reported 7 employees.