Lancaster County Chooses Love

Analysis

Lancaster County Chooses Love is a registered charity in United States, based in Lititz, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2022, 4 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, Lancaster County Chooses Love reported income of $67k and spending of $52k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $32k to $67k (+112%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lancaster County Chooses Love sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lever Fund ($67k), Female Benevolent Association ($67k) and Birthline Inc ($67k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $45k against liabilities of $1,180, net assets of $44k.