Bedford Food Outreach Inc

Analysis

Bedford Food Outreach Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Bedford Food Outreach Inc reported income of $153k and spending of $111k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $580k to $153k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bedford Food Outreach Inc sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beyond Fistula ($153k), Child Foundation Inc ($153k) and Hub Homeless Services Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $542k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $542k.