Weston a Price Foundation

Analysis

Weston a Price Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Weston a Price Foundation reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.2m to $2.2m (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Weston a Price Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Womens Resource Center of the New River Valley ($2.2m), Good Grocer ($2.2m) and Root NS Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $238k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 5 employees.