Edible Leftovers Inc

Analysis

Edible Leftovers Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chestnut RDG, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, Edible Leftovers Inc reported income of $128k and spending of $143k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $162k to $128k (-21%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Edible Leftovers Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Force for Excellence ($128k), Freedom House for Women Inc ($128k) and Friends of Abilities First Inc ($128k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $131k against liabilities of $1,174, net assets of $130k.