Clear Lake Food Pantry

Analysis

Clear Lake Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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, Clear Lake Food Pantry reported income of $284k and spending of $276k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $320k to $284k (-11%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clear Lake Food Pantry sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 65th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Faith in Action Inc ($284k), Mat-Su Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network ($284k) and Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center ($284k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $355k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $355k.