Just Cause Create Joy

Analysis

Just Cause Create Joy is a registered charity in United States, based in Plainfield, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2022, 4 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 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, Just Cause Create Joy reported income of $124k and spending of $87k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $51k to $124k (+140%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Just Cause Create Joy 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 42nd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boone Electric Community Trust ($124k), East Idaho Credit Union Charitable Foundation Inc ($124k) and Friends of Winnacunnet Endowment Foundation ($123k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 106% of the total. At year end it held assets of $62k against liabilities of $149, net assets of $62k.