Feed America First of Tennessee

Analysis

Feed America First of Tennessee is a registered charity in United States, based in Murfreesboro, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2000, 26 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, Feed America First of Tennessee reported income of $28.1m and spending of $28.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $39.0m to $28.1m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feed America First of Tennessee sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Child Development ($28.1m), Generationed ($28.1m) and Pines of Sarasota Healthcare LLC ($28.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $84k (0.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $402k. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 14 employees.