Retained Lives

Analysis

Retained Lives is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2020, 6 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, Retained Lives reported income of $63k and spending of $60k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $91k to $63k (-31%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Retained Lives sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include KJSJ Foundation ($63k), Lynchburg Area Veterans Council Inc ($63k) and Ngo Geo Atlantic Inc ($63k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. At year end it held assets of $26k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $26k.