Cook County Farm Bureau Foundation

Analysis

Cook County Farm Bureau Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Countryside, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 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 September 2023, Cook County Farm Bureau Foundation reported income of $119k and spending of $33k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2023, income grew from $69k to $119k (+72%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cook County Farm Bureau Foundation sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shelter From the Rain ($119k), Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association Incorporated ($119k) and The Global Diversity Foundation Inc ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $755k against liabilities of $9,257, net assets of $745k.