East End Food Institute

Analysis

East End Food Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Southampton, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, East End Food Institute reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $580k to $1.7m (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, East End Food Institute sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Madera County Food Bank ($1.7m), New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault ($1.7m) and Feeding Medina County ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $443k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $686k. It reported 28 employees.