Operation BBQ Relief

Analysis

Operation BBQ Relief is a registered charity in United States, based in Peculiar, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Operation BBQ Relief reported income of $5.1m and spending of $7.7m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $5.1m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 726%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation BBQ Relief sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mattern House Inc ($5.1m), Ten Up Ministries Thrift Store ($5.1m) and Cajun Area Agency on Aging ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.0m (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $14.8m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $13.7m. It reported 35 employees.