Loaves & Fishes Community Soup Kitchen of Columbus

Analysis

Loaves & Fishes Community Soup Kitchen of Columbus is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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, Loaves & Fishes Community Soup Kitchen of Columbus reported income of $79k and spending of $94k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $86k to $79k (-8.8%), an average of -8.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Loaves & Fishes Community Soup Kitchen of Columbus sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R P S Representative Payee Services ($79k), Silver Age Yoga Community Outreach Inc ($79k) and A Place to Stand Inc ($79k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $77k against liabilities of $225, net assets of $77k.