Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf Inc

Analysis

Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Penfield, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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, Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf Inc reported income of $91k and spending of $61k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $73k to $91k (+25%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf Inc sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Josh Palmer Fund Inc ($91k), Pine Island Food Pantry Inc ($91k) and Oliva Helping Hands Foundation Corp ($91k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $225k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $225k.