Laughing Bear Bakery

Analysis

Laughing Bear Bakery is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Laughing Bear Bakery reported income of $147k and spending of $129k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $333k to $147k (-56%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Laughing Bear Bakery sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Corp ($147k), Doughmain Financial Literacy Foundation Incorporated ($147k) and San Clemente Military Family Outreach ($147k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 24% of the total. At year end it held assets of $344k against liabilities of $44k, net assets of $300k.