A Place at the Table

Analysis

A Place at the Table is a registered charity in United States, based in Raleigh, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, A Place at the Table reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.7m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, A Place at the Table sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Methodist Health and Housing Inc ($1.7m), Life Camp Inc ($1.7m) and Joseph Center ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 22% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $815k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 40 employees.