Midwest Food Connection

Analysis

Midwest Food Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Minneapolis, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 June 2024, Midwest Food Connection reported income of $158k and spending of $190k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $206k to $158k (-23%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Midwest Food Connection sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valicitys Once Upon a Time ($158k), Manavata Mandir ($158k) and Anuraag Foundation ($158k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $34k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $34k.