The Limb Preservation Foundation

Analysis

The Limb Preservation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, The Limb Preservation Foundation reported income of $393k and spending of $424k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $686k to $393k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Limb Preservation Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joseph and Lorraine Stotland Charitable TR ($393k), Northern California Society for Clinical Gastroenterology ($393k) and Wades Army ($393k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $124k (29% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 5 employees.