Austin Empty Bowl Project

Analysis

Austin Empty Bowl Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Austin Empty Bowl Project reported income of $104k and spending of $102k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $134k to $104k (-23%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Austin Empty Bowl Project sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plus One Resources ($104k), Ririe Senior Citizens Inc ($104k) and Tikva Ledoros Inc ($104k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1,818 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1,818.