Good Life Refuge

Analysis

Good Life Refuge is a registered charity in United States, based in Longmont, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 2023, Good Life Refuge reported income of $237k and spending of $162k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $35k to $237k (+583%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Life Refuge sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pirate Springs ($237k), West Central Illinois Agricultural Research & Demonstration Center in ($237k) and Latina Lawyers Bar Association ($237k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $35k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $167k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $167k.