Community Kitchen of North Iowa

Analysis

Community Kitchen of North Iowa is a registered charity in United States, based in Mason City, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1987, 39 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, Community Kitchen of North Iowa reported income of $448k and spending of $422k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $210k to $448k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Kitchen of North Iowa sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beuncommon Inc ($448k), Kids Corner Inc ($448k) and Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc ($448k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $829k against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $796k.