Grow Food

Analysis

Grow Food is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Vernon, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, Grow Food reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.8m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $2.0m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grow Food sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partners for Our Communities ($2.0m), Freedom House Detroit ($2.0m) and Peter-Paul Development Center Inc ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (7.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $687k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $464k, net assets of $648k. It reported 17 employees.