United Cajun Navy

Analysis

United Cajun Navy is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 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, United Cajun Navy reported income of $574k and spending of $528k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $614k to $574k (-6.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, United Cajun Navy sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fire Department Relief Association of Northfield MN ($574k), United Megacare Inc ($575k) and Mount Hermon Volunteer Fire & ($574k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $183k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $183k.