Bennington County Meals Program

Analysis

Bennington County Meals Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Bennington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Bennington County Meals Program reported income of $868k and spending of $811k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income grew from $699k to $868k (+24%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bennington County Meals Program sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include H E a R T S Peer Support Center of Greater Nashua Region VI ($868k), Help Adult Services ($868k) and Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center ($868k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 54% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $99k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $274k. At year end it held assets of $599k against liabilities of $67k, net assets of $532k. It reported 16 employees.