Brookline Food Pantry Inc

Analysis

Brookline Food Pantry Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookline, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 June 2023, Brookline Food Pantry Inc reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.8m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.6m (+68%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brookline Food Pantry Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caring Cupboard Inc ($2.6m), Community Enterprise Development Services ($2.6m) and Battenkill Community Services Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $406k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $52k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 10 employees.