Foundation Dinners

Analysis

Foundation Dinners is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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, Foundation Dinners reported income of $178k and spending of $170k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $158k to $178k (+13%), an average of +13% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Foundation Dinners sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation ($178k), Princeton Twice New Clothing and Treasures ($178k) and Braver Collective ($178k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $298k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $298k.