Community Lunch on Capitol Hill

Analysis

Community Lunch on Capitol Hill is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Community Lunch on Capitol Hill reported income of $392k and spending of $413k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $310k to $392k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Lunch on Capitol Hill sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Career Gear Inc ($392k), Freedom Oklahoma Education Campaign Ltd ($392k) and Starfish Greathearts Foundation USA ($392k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $266k. At year end it held assets of $771k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $760k. It reported 13 employees.