Nourish Knoxville

Analysis

Nourish Knoxville is a registered charity in United States, based in Knoxville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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, Nourish Knoxville reported income of $710k and spending of $591k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $381k to $710k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Nourish Knoxville sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents ($710k), Strengthening Rural Families ($710k) and Israel Magen Fund Inc ($710k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 28% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $280k. At year end it held assets of $485k against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $453k. It reported 6 employees.