Benton County Food Pantry

Analysis

Benton County Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Warsaw, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 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, Benton County Food Pantry reported income of $277k and spending of $250k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $77k to $277k (+261%), an average of +261% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 261%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Benton County Food Pantry sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Granger Food Bank ($277k), Attention Home Inc ($277k) and Faith for Culture ($277k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $279k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $279k.