Recovery Cafe

Analysis

Recovery Cafe is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, Recovery Cafe reported income of $4.3m and spending of $4.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $4.3m (+31%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Recovery Cafe sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Cancer Resources ($4.3m), The Life Change Center ($4.3m) and Project New Hope ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $523k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $493k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 37 employees.