Indy Hunger Network

Analysis

Indy Hunger Network is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 supporting organisation (type ii) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Indy Hunger Network reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $441k to $1.2m (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Indy Hunger Network sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Treehouse Foundation Inc ($1.2m), Neck of the Woods Inc ($1.2m) and Campus Pre-School Inc ($1.2m).

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 $82k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $339k. At year end it held assets of $809k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $783k. It reported 12 employees.