Louisiana · Nonprofit
THE PURPLE LEMON INC
THE PURPLE LEMON INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,868 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($37,307). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $673k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $560k
What The Purple Lemon Inc does
Mission
To provide support to people recovering from addiction and other life altering issues by meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs and providing the resources they need in transition to a restored life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ladies in transition program offers a fresh start to women in recovery. This faith-based program provides transitional housing, job, financial and life skill training, as well as one on one counseling. Prior to entrance into our program, our ladies attend a one year in-house treatment with the adult and teen challenge program. Uncommon grounds cafe provides the women with employment and educates them on job skills, social skills, and financial independence. Uncommon grounds currently operates three days a week.
$284,046 spent$143,523 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe operation of the purple lemom thrift store provides free and affordable clothing and home goods to individuals in need.
$103,290 spent20% of program spendingFeeding program offers several food distribution opportunities, including hot meal delivery service once a month to those in the addiction recovery program and every thursday to senior citizens.
$77,467 spent15% of program spendingSecond harvest food pantry- our food pantry is open to the community evry thursday to provide groceries and hot meals to those in need. The food pantry is currently serving 240-360 families per month.
$51,645 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $516,448.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $498k to $1.1M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of THE PURPLE LEMON INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $0 → $532.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 THE PURPLE LEMON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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
THE PURPLE LEMON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE PURPLE LEMON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“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
99% of THE PURPLE LEMON INC'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 $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k 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
THE PURPLE LEMON INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE PURPLE LEMON INC
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PURPLE LEMON INC: 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 THE PURPLE LEMON INC?
- THE PURPLE LEMON INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,868 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($37,307). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PURPLE LEMON INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $37,868 in grants to THE PURPLE LEMON INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PURPLE LEMON INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $37,307 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PURPLE LEMON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 4 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