Taste of the South Committee

Analysis

Taste of the South Committee is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Taste of the South Committee reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.5m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $781k to $1.1m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Taste of the South Committee sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arkansas Association of Correctional Employees TR ($1.1m), Friends of Anacostia Park ($1.1m) and Lutheran Seniorlife Foundation ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $159k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $159k.