Food for the Hungry

Analysis

Food for the Hungry is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Vernon, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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, Food for the Hungry reported income of $319k and spending of $368k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $274k to $319k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Food for the Hungry sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation Restoration Inc ($319k), Life Choice Care Center Inc ($319k) and Rebuilding Paradise ($319k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 104% of the total. At year end it held assets of $330k against liabilities of $238k, net assets of $92k.