Community Food Basket

Analysis

Community Food Basket is a registered charity in United States, based in Ottawa, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 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, Community Food Basket reported income of $996k and spending of $1.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $996k (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Food Basket sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Passaic Clifton Passover Fund Inc ($996k), Peoples Institute of Northhampton Inc ($996k) and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia SC ($996k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $142k. At year end it held assets of $624k against liabilities of $7,320, net assets of $617k. It reported 9 employees.