Feeding Alabama

Analysis

Feeding Alabama is a registered charity in United States, based in Mobile, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 2022, Feeding Alabama reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $476k to $2.7m (+460%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 1338%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feeding Alabama sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Access to the Arts Inc ($2.7m), Lets Help Inc ($2.7m) and Snohomish County Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $179k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $205k. It reported 6 employees.