Good Meat Project

Analysis

Good Meat Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Good Meat Project reported income of $558k and spending of $591k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $815k to $558k (-32%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Meat Project sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Rooms at Casa ($558k), Black River Area Child Care Services Inc ($558k) and Assist Indiana Inc ($558k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $143k. At year end it held assets of $875k against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $798k. It reported 6 employees.