Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank

Analysis

Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank reported income of $7.5m and spending of $6.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $6.8m to $7.5m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Family Guidance Center ($7.5m), The Abim Foundation ($7.5m) and Bi-State Primary Care Assoc Inc ($7.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.4% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.8m. At year end it held assets of $18.6m against liabilities of $390k, net assets of $18.2m. It reported 84 employees.