Pennsylvania Certified Organic

Analysis

Pennsylvania Certified Organic is a registered charity in United States, based in Spring Mills, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1998, 28 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, Pennsylvania Certified Organic reported income of $6.1m and spending of $6.4m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $6.1m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pennsylvania Certified Organic sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Active Aging Inc ($6.1m), Vision House ($6.1m) and Tiegerman Community Services Inc ($6.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $154k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.4m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $641k, net assets of $813k. It reported 40 employees.