Unlike other coffee shops in Columbus, serving great coffee and snacks isn’t the only goal of The Roosevelt Coffeehouse: this nonprofit shop also aims to meet the needs of humanity.

Kenny Sipes, the shop’s founder, combined his love for coffee and his passion for social justice to create the Roosevelt. The coffee shop’s concept is simple: half of the baristas’ tip jar and 100 percent of profits go to partnering organizations that have shown a promising use of donations.

The Roosevelt Coffeehouse focuses on fighting  local and global injustices of unclean water, hunger, and human trafficking. The shop currently works with twelve organizations, including Blood: Water Mission, an equipping agency working in Africa to address HIV/AIDS and water issues; Faith Mission of Ohio, an emergency shelter serving 3 meals a day to those in need; and Gracehaven, a Columbus-based rehabilitation center focused on caring for sexually exploited children.

Though founded in 2014, the shop opened in April of 2015 and has since donated over $30,000 to causes around the world.

But that’s not all that the Roosevelt has to offer. In addition to helping the community, the coffee shop also serves a wide variety of high-quality drinks and snacks.

Customers can choose from a large menu of fairly-priced hot and cold coffee drinks, sourced from Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Columbus’ very own Lokal Brew and One Line Coffee.

Snacks include chocolates from Askinosie Chocolate, granola bars and oatmeal from Earnest Eats, and doughnuts from Destination Donuts, another Columbus-based company. Gluten-free pastries are also available.

Located downtown on the corner of East Long Street and North 6th Street, The Roosevelt is a popular place to study or have a meeting with friends. The main part of the shop is a large room with a glass wall facing the street and countertops made with repurposed bowling alley wood. The coffee bar itself uses a type of espresso machine that’s built below the counter as to open up the space between the barista and the customer.

The entire shop can be rented after hours on any night of the week.

Parking is available at the Roosevelt’s parking lot along with meter parking along the streets around the building.

Hours currently run from 7am-7pm on weekdays and 8am-7pm on weekends.

Sipes understands that to be successful, the shop’s coffee experience has to resonate with a customer just as well as its charitable work does. And that’s exactly what The Roosevelt Coffeehouse is all about: great coffee with an even better mission.

Link: http://www.rooseveltcoffee.org/