LA Cocina

Analysis

LA Cocina is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Collins, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, LA Cocina reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.6m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $469k to $2.0m (+327%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, LA Cocina sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology ($2.0m), Healing Grove Health Center Foundation Inc ($2.0m) and Secret Harbor ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 42% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $174k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $600k. It paid $4,441 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 29 employees.