California · Nonprofit
COFFEE WITH A CAUSE
COFFEE WITH A CAUSE (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,021 to it, the largest being Pasadena Community Foundation ($166,271). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $522k
- Net assets
- $263k
What Coffee With a Cause does
Mission
The mission of Coffee With A Cause is to help transitional age youth (ages 16- 24) who have experienced foster care, homelessness and justice system-involvement in finding a pathway to sustainable employment and long-term careers. During our 15-month internship program, interns receive soft skills training as well as hands-on experience in various trades through partnerships with local businesses, such as coffee shops, retail outlets, or landscaping firms. Upon completion of the three-month internship, participants are matched with a volunteer mentor who works with them for 12 months to secure and maintain meaningful employment as the youths navigate towards independence.100% of the profits from Rosebud Coffee, which is wholly owned by Coffee With a Cause, going to funding the youth intern and mentorship program. In addition, an internship at Rosebud coffee provides training and job skills that can lead to a Barista Certification from the Specialty Coffee Association and the opportunit
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rosebud Coffee is fully owned by Coffee With A Cause and serves as an on-site internship location for job-readiness training, specifically for transitional-age youth (ages 16-24) who have experienced foster care, homelessness, or justice system involvement. The program aims to help these young people find a pathway to sustainable employment and long-term careers. Over 90% of job-seeking program graduates secured employment within three months. In 2023, 10 youth received job training and hands-on work experience at Rosebud Coffee, which can lead to Barista Certification from the Specialty Coffee Association, giving them a competitive edge in their future job search. Overall, 23 youth were placed into paid internships at Rosebud Coffee and our partnering internship sites to prepare for meaningful employment upon graduation.
$625,653 spent$663,864 earned by the program89% of program spendingTo improve the lives of youth and adults by teaching the knowledge, skills, and service competencies through classroom training, hands-on job training, and employment opportunities within the food and beverage service industry that are supported by local, hositable communities.
$76,835 spent11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $702,488.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $176k to $393k (+123%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
40% of COFFEE WITH A CAUSE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $36k → $34k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COFFEE WITH A CAUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COFFEE WITH A CAUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COFFEE WITH A CAUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 68% · 2023 73% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
53% of COFFEE WITH A CAUSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $246k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COFFEE WITH A CAUSE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COFFEE WITH A CAUSE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rosebud Coffee LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COFFEE WITH A CAUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COFFEE WITH A CAUSE?
- COFFEE WITH A CAUSE (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $522,021 to it, the largest being Pasadena Community Foundation ($166,271). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COFFEE WITH A CAUSE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $522,021 in grants to COFFEE WITH A CAUSE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COFFEE WITH A CAUSE?
- Pasadena Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $166,271 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COFFEE WITH A CAUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing