Quiltmaker Cafe

Analysis

Quiltmaker Cafe is a registered charity in United States, based in Sanford, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2021, 5 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, Quiltmaker Cafe reported income of $51k and spending of $29k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $147k to $51k (-66%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 21% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Quiltmaker Cafe sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 18th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Army of the Republic Dept of Ca Nev Womans Relief Corps Aux ($51k), Reed City Area Food Pantry ($51k) and Path Foundation ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $173k against liabilities of $3,472, net assets of $170k.