Cajun Navy Relief Inc

Analysis

Cajun Navy Relief Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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 2021, Cajun Navy Relief Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $351k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2021, income grew from $554k to $1.3m (+127%), an average of +127% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Cajun Navy Relief Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company ($1.3m), Town & Country Fire District ($1.3m) and Baker Hill Fire and Rescue LLC ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.