A Cup of Water

Analysis

A Cup of Water is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 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, A Cup of Water reported income of $722k and spending of $691k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $724k to $722k (-0.3%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Cup of Water sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Partners in Caring ($721k), Orangeburg County Council of Aging ($722k) and Parent Voices Oakland ($721k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $75k. At year end it held assets of $144k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $144k.