Purple Lemon Inc

Analysis

Purple Lemon Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Morgan City, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Purple Lemon Inc reported income of $719k and spending of $736k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $240k to $719k (+199%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Purple Lemon Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation Assisting Seniors Inc ($719k), Health Advocates for Older People Inc ($719k) and Latina Safehouse Initiative ($719k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $201k. At year end it held assets of $498k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $498k. It reported 19 employees.