Columbia Food Bank

Analysis

Columbia Food Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, Columbia Food Bank reported income of $113k and spending of $101k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $197k to $113k (-43%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Columbia Food Bank 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 38th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Danielles Gift ($113k), CSP of Northeast Georgia Inc ($113k) and Friends of the Food Bank ($113k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $357k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $357k.