Doctor Yum Project

Analysis

Doctor Yum Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Fredericksburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 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, Doctor Yum Project reported income of $111k and spending of $168k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $292k to $111k (-62%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. 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, Doctor Yum Project sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vietnam Veterans Against the War Inc ($111k), Run Home Camps ($111k) and Cancer Aid Resource & Education Inc ($111k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $113k against liabilities of $1,807, net assets of $111k.