Comfort Food of Washington County

Analysis

Comfort Food of Washington County is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenwich, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Comfort Food of Washington County reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $733k to $2.2m (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Comfort Food of Washington County sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The American Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ($2.2m), Homeless Prevention Council Inc ($2.2m) and Franklinton Association for Challenged Citizens Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 8.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $514k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $84k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 17 employees.