Taproot a Lopez Kitchen

Analysis

Taproot a Lopez Kitchen is a registered charity in United States, based in Lopez Island, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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, Taproot a Lopez Kitchen reported income of $174k and spending of $136k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $71k to $174k (+146%), an average of +146% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Taproot a Lopez Kitchen sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 47th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eugene Bell Foundation ($174k), Set to Thrive ($174k) and Wholly Kicks ($174k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $244k against liabilities of $2,855, net assets of $241k.