Lawrence Community Food Alliance

Analysis

Lawrence Community Food Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrence, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Lawrence Community Food Alliance reported income of $157k and spending of $142k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $139k to $157k (+12%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lawrence Community Food Alliance sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Finleyville Food Pantry ($156k), Linked Together ($157k) and Foster Your Future ($156k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $83k against liabilities of $3,745, net assets of $79k.