The Joy Connection Living Your Joy Inc

Analysis

The Joy Connection Living Your Joy Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Encinitas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2021, 5 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, The Joy Connection Living Your Joy Inc reported income of $54k and spending of $57k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $13k to $54k (+307%), an average of +102% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 230%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Joy Connection Living Your Joy Inc sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Care Inc ($54k), Vietnameese Veterans Helping Disabled Veterans Corporation ($54k) and Society of St Vincent de Paul St Thomas the Apostle Conference ($54k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2,186 against liabilities of $16k, net assets of -$14k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.