Potato Association of America

Analysis

Potato Association of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Potato Association of America reported income of $330k and spending of $396k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $236k to $330k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Potato Association of America sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rappahannock Tribe Foundation ($330k), Opportunity House of Greene County Inc ($330k) and Shirayuri Youchien ($330k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.6% and program service revenue 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $457k against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $420k.