Cajun Relief Foundation Inc

Analysis

Cajun Relief Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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 2022, Cajun Relief Foundation Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $22k to $1.2m (+5396%), an average of +280% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 3090%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 Relief Foundation 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 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disaster Relief Food Ministry Inc ($1.2m), Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Inc ($1.2m) and North 321 Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $52k. At year end it held assets of $583k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $571k. It reported 6 employees.