West Shore Food Bank

Analysis

West Shore Food Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Lakeside, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2004, 22 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 December 2023, West Shore Food Bank reported income of $256k and spending of $244k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $232k to $256k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. 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, West Shore Food Bank sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Funraisers for St Jude Inc ($256k), New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Inc ($256k) and Sitka White Elephant Shop Inc ($256k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $587k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $587k.