Grow Pittsburgh

Analysis

Grow Pittsburgh is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 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, Grow Pittsburgh reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.1m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.8m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grow Pittsburgh sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Intercambio de Comunidades ($1.8m), Legacy Residential Homes Inc ($1.8m) and Every Day Is a Miracle Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $331k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 38 employees.