Leaven Inc

Analysis

Leaven Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Menasha, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1987, 39 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, Leaven Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.6m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+3.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leaven Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Hope Settlement House ($1.4m), Healthy Handprints ($1.4m) and Little Oaks Academy ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $84k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $259k. At year end it held assets of $9.0m against liabilities of $42k, net assets of $9.0m. It reported 11 employees.