Simple & Just

Analysis

Simple & Just is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2016, 10 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, Simple & Just reported income of $601k and spending of $530k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $525k to $601k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Simple & Just sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mother Hubbards Cupboard Inc ($601k), Windsor Early Childhood Education Center ($601k) and Sonshine Center ($601k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $114k. At year end it held assets of $262k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $230k. It reported 15 employees.