Feest Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team

Analysis

Feest Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 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, Feest Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $740k to $1.6m (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feest Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arc Foundation of Ventura County Inc ($1.6m), Young Mens Christian Association of Forest City Iowa ($1.6m) and High Point Village ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $570k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 9 employees.