The Food Center

Analysis

The Food Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrensburg, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 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, The Food Center reported income of $187k and spending of $232k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $225k to $187k (-17%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Food Center sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guilderland Food Pantry Inc ($187k), Hannah & Friends Weis Family Foundation Inc ($187k) and Colossians 418 Prison Ministries ($187k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $429k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $429k.