Delta Fresh Foods Initiative

Analysis

Delta Fresh Foods Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Cleveland, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Delta Fresh Foods Initiative reported income of $346k and spending of $310k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $315k to $346k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 593%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Delta Fresh Foods Initiative sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens for Independence and Access Inc ($346k), Genesis Project Inc ($347k) and Leo Only ($346k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $564k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $564k.