The Food Pantry

Analysis

The Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The Food Pantry reported income of $67k and spending of $61k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2024, income fell from $92k to $67k (-27%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Food Pantry sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookline-Quezalguaque Sister City Project Inc ($67k), Universal Dementia Care ($67k) and Peaceful Knights Inc ($67k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $265k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $265k.