Fairfield Food Pantry

Analysis

Fairfield Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfield, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Fairfield Food Pantry reported income of $175k and spending of $206k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $284k to $175k (-38%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fairfield Food Pantry sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 51st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In It for the Cause Foundation ($175k), Chatham Kids Club Inc ($175k) and Loudonville Agricultural Society in Corporated ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $21k. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $229k. It reported 3 employees.