Coffee with A Cause

The organization operates a coffee shop in Pasadena, California. The coffee shop provides training and employment opportunities for youth and adults looking to work in the food and beverage industry. The organization focuses on youth and adults in transition, especially transitioning from the foster system and the experience of homelessness. The coffee shop operates as being related to the organization?s exempt purpose. For example, the coffee shop provides the location for on site training of soft and hard skills to prepare interns for jobs in the food and beverage industry. Upon completion of the internship, some graduates are hired at the coffee shop. The organization also relies upon the coffee shop for classroom teaching, live training and community presence and activities. Although it is related to the organization's tax exempt purpose, it is a business that is regularly carried on and is considered unrelated business income and subject to unrelated business income tax.

To 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.