Peace Pantry

Analysis

Peace Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Cedar Hill, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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, Peace Pantry reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $2.7m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 42%. 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, Peace Pantry sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rebel Recovery Florida Inc ($2.7m), Riverview Services Inc ($2.7m) and Academic Development Institute Inc ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $150, net assets of $2.1m.