Fayette County Food Shelf Inc

Analysis

Fayette County Food Shelf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayette, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Fayette County Food Shelf Inc reported income of $153k and spending of $118k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $120k to $153k (+28%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fayette County Food Shelf Inc sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe Care Mission International Society ($153k), Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance Inc ($153k) and Bitterroot Mariposa Foundation Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $356k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $356k.