People Pantry Inc

Analysis

People Pantry Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in GT Barrington, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 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 December 2023, People Pantry Inc reported income of $521k and spending of $316k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $382k to $521k (+36%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, People Pantry Inc sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Apple Tree ($521k), Lifeline Family Center Inc ($521k) and A Farm Less Ordinary ($521k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.