Berkeley County Backpack Program Inc

Analysis

Berkeley County Backpack Program Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hedgesville, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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, Berkeley County Backpack Program Inc reported income of $200k and spending of $214k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $175k to $200k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Berkeley County Backpack Program Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Learning Connections Inc ($200k), St Mary Senior Life Foundation of Lynn Incorporated ($200k) and Golden Villa Center Inc ($200k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $106k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $106k.