South End Cafe

Analysis

South End Cafe is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 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, South End Cafe reported income of $188k and spending of $309k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $92k to $188k (+105%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South End Cafe sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Good Samaritan Counseling Inc ($188k), Betteralife Inc ($188k) and Do Your Children Believe Inc ($188k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $214k against liabilities of $243k, net assets of -$29k.