Second Servings of Houston

Analysis

Second Servings of Houston is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. 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 2022, Second Servings of Houston reported income of $876k and spending of $531k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $538k to $876k (+63%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Second Servings of Houston sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rebuilding Together of Richmond ($876k), Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa Inc ($877k) and Bellerose Senior Housing Development Fund Co Inc ($876k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $321k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $4,079, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 12 employees.