Joppa

Analysis

Joppa is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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 September 2023, Joppa reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.6m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.0m (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Joppa sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essential Partners Inc ($2.0m), Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities Inc ($2.0m) and Limestone Family YMCA Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $639k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of -$557k.