Brown Bag Food Project

Analysis

Brown Bag Food Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowling Green, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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, Brown Bag Food Project reported income of $138k and spending of $75k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $95k to $138k (+45%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brown Bag Food Project sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hug Fund ($138k), Honeybee Discovery Center ($138k) and Operation Chillout ($138k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $92k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $92k.