East Bay Food Pantry

Analysis

East Bay Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Bristol, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, East Bay Food Pantry reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.5m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $931k to $1.8m (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East Bay Food Pantry sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willing Hands Enterprises ($1.8m), The Good Tidings Foundation ($1.8m) and Community Action Service Center ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $195k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 12 employees.