Center for Food Safety

Analysis

Center for Food Safety is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 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, Center for Food Safety reported income of $3.0m and spending of $4.0m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.3m to $3.0m (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Center for Food Safety sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central American Refugee Center Carecen Ny ($3.0m), Ican Missouri Foundation ($3.0m) and Young Mens Christian Association of Abilene ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $211k (5.3% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $525k.