Red Wing Area Food Shelf

Analysis

Red Wing Area Food Shelf is a registered charity in United States, based in Red Wing, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1988, 38 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, Red Wing Area Food Shelf reported income of $265k and spending of $283k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $311k to $265k (-15%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Red Wing Area Food Shelf sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern Lights Foundation ($264k), Harvestly Inc ($265k) and Roots 2empower ($264k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $44k. At year end it held assets of $823k against liabilities of $1,298, net assets of $821k. It reported 1 employees.