Chessed Rifka

Analysis

Chessed Rifka is a registered charity in United States, based in Lakewood, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending November 2023, Chessed Rifka reported income of $292k and spending of $40k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $292k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2020, when income dropped by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Chessed Rifka sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 58th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laurel Lake Retirement Community Foundation Inc ($292k), Laurel-London Optimist Foundation ($292k) and Onalaska Enhancement Foundation Inc ($291k).

At year end it held assets of $9.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $9.9m.