The Lands at Hillside Farms

Analysis

The Lands at Hillside Farms is a registered charity in United States, based in Shavertown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 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 September 2023, The Lands at Hillside Farms reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.0m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $1.8m (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Lands at Hillside Farms sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties Inc ($1.8m), Ridge House Incorporated ($1.8m) and Saginaw County Youth Protection Council ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 6.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $649k. At year end it held assets of $11.2m against liabilities of $165k, net assets of $11.0m. It reported 69 employees.