Project Topeka

Analysis

Project Topeka is a registered charity in United States, based in Topeka, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Project Topeka reported income of $197k and spending of $172k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $197k to $197k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Project Topeka sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom Inc ($197k), Brown Bag Ministry ($197k) and Charity for Charity ($197k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $415k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $415k.