Lafayette Farmers and Artisans

Analysis

Lafayette Farmers and Artisans is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lafayette Farmers and Artisans reported income of $129k and spending of $126k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $119k to $129k (+8.3%), an average of +8.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lafayette Farmers and Artisans sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Board of Nursing Specialties ($129k), Sewell Mill Inc ($129k) and Jubilee House Outreach ($129k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $97k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $97k.