Coffee Quality Institute

Analysis

Coffee Quality Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Aliso Viejo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 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, Coffee Quality Institute reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.3m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $3.1m to $2.6m (-16%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Coffee Quality Institute sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Discovery Center of Springfield Inc ($2.6m), Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation ($2.6m) and Society for American Archaeology ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $158k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $743k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 15 employees.