Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc

Analysis

Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheshire, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc reported income of $804k and spending of $858k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $701k to $804k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cheshire Community Food Pantry Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hair We Share Inc ($804k), House of Rest of the Presbyterian Church ($804k) and Family Services Center of Coffee County Inc ($804k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (11% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $4,236, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 2 employees.