Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative

Analysis

Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Whitehall, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 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, Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative reported income of $117k and spending of $142k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $270k to $117k (-57%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 39th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bread of Life Outreach of Colden New York Inc ($117k), The Anawim ($117k) and Humanitarian Hands Charities ($117k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $139k against liabilities of $7,182, net assets of $132k.

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.