Portland Upper Mount Bethel Food Pantry

Analysis

Portland Upper Mount Bethel Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2015, 11 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Portland Upper Mount Bethel Food Pantry reported income of $72k and spending of $50k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $40k to $72k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Portland Upper Mount Bethel Food Pantry sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ivy Foundation Inc ($72k), Society of St Vincent de Paul St Paul Conference ($72k) and Tlc-Steuben ($72k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $165k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $165k.