Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Inc

Analysis

Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elgin, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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, Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Inc reported income of $76k and spending of $75k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $67k to $76k (+13%), an average of +13% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Inc sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookfield Institute ($76k), Healing Hub of New York Inc ($76k) and Lakota Friends Circle ($76k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $70k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $70k.