Feeding Westchester Inc

Analysis

Feeding Westchester Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elmsford, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1990, 36 years ago. 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 June 2023, Feeding Westchester Inc reported income of $34.3m and spending of $34.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $17.5m to $34.3m (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Feeding Westchester Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nysarc Inc ($34.3m), Shelter the Homeless Committee Inc ($34.3m) and Childrens Sport Medicine Foundation Inc ($34.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $322k (0.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.6m. It paid $922k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $28.7m against liabilities of $9.7m, net assets of $19.0m. It reported 71 employees.