Bowdoinham Food Pantry

Analysis

Bowdoinham Food Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowdoinham, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2016, 10 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 April 2023, Bowdoinham Food Pantry reported income of $99k and spending of $91k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2023, income grew from $71k to $99k (+40%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bowdoinham Food Pantry sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 30th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingdom Age International ($99k), Community Express Inc ($99k) and Happy Factory Inc ($99k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $144k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $144k.