Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation

Analysis

Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Camp Hill, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1986, 40 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, Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $767k to $1.3m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethany House Abuse Shelter Inc ($1.3m), Middle Earth Child Development Center Inc ($1.3m) and Disability Options Network ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $329k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $343k, net assets of $1.1m.