Lunchbox Fund

Analysis

Lunchbox Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Lunchbox Fund reported income of $919k and spending of $839k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $915k to $919k (+0.5%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lunchbox Fund sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of the Carpenter Inc ($919k), Richland Area Child Care Organization ($919k) and 1st C O R P Services Inc ($919k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $28k (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $96k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 3 employees.