Perham Community Food Shelf Inc

Analysis

Perham Community Food Shelf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Perham, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Perham Community Food Shelf Inc reported income of $220k and spending of $181k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $376k to $220k (-41%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Perham Community Food Shelf Inc sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mothers for Mothers Postpartum Justice Project ($220k), Bedford Community Christmas Station Inc ($221k) and Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen ($220k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $17k. At year end it held assets of $609k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $609k.