Feeding Southwest Virginia

Analysis

Feeding Southwest Virginia is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 June 2024, Feeding Southwest Virginia reported income of $44.4m and spending of $41.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $35.2m to $44.4m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feeding Southwest Virginia sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lafrontera Center Inc ($44.3m), Adelphoi Village Inc ($44.4m) and The Guild for Human Services Inc ($44.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $768k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.1m. It paid $297k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $21.0m against liabilities of $4.2m, net assets of $16.8m. It reported 78 employees.