Come As You Are

Analysis

Come As You Are is a registered charity in United States, based in W Hollywood, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2020, 6 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, Come As You Are reported income of $239k and spending of $255k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $316k to $239k (-24%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Come As You Are sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Howard County Council on Aging ($239k), Widows Friend Inc ($239k) and Abiding Love Charities Inc ($239k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3,412 against liabilities of $4,719, net assets of -$1,307.