Provide at-risk youth in the greater new orleans area the tools needed to enter the work force.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
60¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 42 volunteers and 44 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

Before you give

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $116K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
60%
of spending
Worth a look: 60% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$70K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
3
named funders · $25K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.1M
72% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 72% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$974K
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
60%
Net assets
$806K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$974K
FY2024▼ -5%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$714K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$974K
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2024▲ +76%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$791K
FY2021$804K
FY2022$666K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$806K
FY2024▼ -50%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$13K
FY2021$585K
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$806K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2014.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

60 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 60% · $1.1M Management & general 37% · $650K Fundraising 3% · $60K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to fix it

Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $70K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$70,404Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Legal Council
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Luis Arocha JR’s $70K as Executive Director is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1171 $100K–1M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Luis Arocha JR$70,404$70,000$70,000$70,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Cafe Hope INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to fix it

Programs and updates

Equips at-risk youth in New Orleans with job skills for workforce entry.

Questions for Cafe Hope INC

Tap to ask. Cafe Hope INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Cafe Hope INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

1 program · $495K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Non-Profit Restaurant, Coffee Shop, & Catering Services

A nonprofit culinary arts and life skills program for opportunity youth ages 16-24 throughout the greater new orleans area.

$495Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$25K
See all 3 funders →
Grants paid · 1 grant · $14K · 2023–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,477

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$974K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$672K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$301K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$650K
Fundraisingcol D$60K
Owns and owesPt X
$806K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$301K
Other incomeLn 4–11$672K
Total revenueLn 12$974K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.1M
Net assetsLn 32$806K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 544
VolunteersI 642
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $974K$1.8M−$791K$806K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$1.0M$14K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$666K$998K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$804K$435K$585K 990 PDF
FY2020 $714K$791K−$77K$13K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.