Comfort and Joy

Analysis

Comfort and Joy is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 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, Comfort and Joy reported income of $445k and spending of $392k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $353k to $445k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 492%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Comfort and Joy sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Davis Arts Center ($445k), Hawaii Ballet Theatre for Youth ($445k) and Cultural Heritage Foundation of Southern California Inc ($445k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.7% and program service revenue 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $130k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $130k.