Boston Area Gleaners Inc

Analysis

Boston Area Gleaners Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Acton, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 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 March 2023, Boston Area Gleaners Inc reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $4.8m (+124%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 257%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Boston Area Gleaners Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assisted Living at Northern Riverview Inc ($4.8m), Respite Care of San Antonio Incorporated ($4.8m) and Kennett Area Community Service ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $266k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 34 employees.