Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers

Analysis

Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers is a registered charity in United States, based in San Luis Obispo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers reported income of $387k and spending of $294k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $241k to $387k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Information Age Learning Center ($387k), Hampton Community Library ($387k) and Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster Inc ($387k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $79k. At year end it held assets of $657k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $530k. It reported 2 employees.