Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen

Analysis

Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2020, 6 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 2022, Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.7m, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $315k to $1.1m (+251%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 544%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Young Mens Christian Association of Enterprise Alabama ($1.1m), Escueta Care Home 3 Inc ($1.1m) and Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $168k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $579k. It paid $24k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $375k against liabilities of $264k, net assets of $111k. It reported 34 employees.