Americas Food Bank

Analysis

Americas Food Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Plaines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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, Americas Food Bank reported income of $60k and spending of $61k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $448k to $60k (-87%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Americas Food Bank sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Matthew 25 AIDS Services Foundation ($60k), Womxn of Wealth Foundation Inc ($60k) and Yakima Valley Senior Citizens Incorporated ($60k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $63k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $51k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.