Second Harvest Heartland

Analysis

Second Harvest Heartland is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn Park, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1974, 52 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 September 2023, Second Harvest Heartland reported income of $260.5m and spending of $254.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $161.8m to $260.5m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Second Harvest Heartland sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Far Northern Coordinating Council on Developmental Disabilities ($258.6m), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($275.9m) and Sco Family of Services ($257.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.6m (1.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16.0m. It paid $579k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $108.1m against liabilities of $9.7m, net assets of $98.4m. It reported 316 employees.