Raw Milk Institute

Analysis

Raw Milk Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Fresno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2012, 14 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 March 2024, Raw Milk Institute reported income of $65k and spending of $45k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $75k to $65k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Raw Milk Institute sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Winchester Public Library Inc ($65k), Logan County Agricultural Society ($65k) and Shwachman Diamond Syndrome Foundation Inc ($65k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $98k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $98k.