Cass Lake Area Food Shelf

Analysis

Cass Lake Area Food Shelf is a registered charity in United States, based in Cass Lake, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2024, 2 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, Cass Lake Area Food Shelf reported income of $62k and spending of $53k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $43k to $62k (+44%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cass Lake Area Food Shelf sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 20th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Limited ($62k), Texline Senior Citizen-Community Center Association Inc ($62k) and Escape From Poverty ($62k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $22k. At year end it held assets of $277k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $267k. It reported 5 employees.