Brown Bag Ministry

Analysis

Brown Bag Ministry is a registered charity in United States, based in Apex, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 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, Brown Bag Ministry reported income of $197k and spending of $163k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $126k to $197k (+56%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brown Bag Ministry sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Topeka ($197k), Ufcw Local 770 Icaza Foundation ($197k) and Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom Inc ($197k).

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 $199k against liabilities of $2,425, net assets of $197k.