Second Helpings Atlanta Inc

Analysis

Second Helpings Atlanta Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 December 2023, Second Helpings Atlanta Inc reported income of $12.5m and spending of $12.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $12.5m (+258%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 71%. 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, Second Helpings Atlanta Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church of Christ Home for the Aged ($12.5m), The William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute ($12.5m) and Millard Public Schools Foundation Inc ($12.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $162k (1.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $428k. It paid $57k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $106k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 14 employees.