Food at First

Analysis

Food at First is a registered charity in United States, based in Ames, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Food at First reported income of $429k and spending of $167k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $426k to $429k (+0.9%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Food at First sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macomb Charitable Foundation ($429k), Project Independence Services Inc ($429k) and Adams County Council for Aging Inc ($429k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $65k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $7,813, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 2 employees.