Lettuce Dream

Analysis

Lettuce Dream is a registered charity in United States, based in Maryville, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2013, 13 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, Lettuce Dream reported income of $474k and spending of $351k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $474k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. 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, Lettuce Dream sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child International ($474k), Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County Chapter ($474k) and Neshoba Community Center Inc ($474k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 29 employees.